The Roman Empire: How Rome Ruled the Ancient World — Fexingo History
FexingoThe Roman Empire's thousand-year dominion reshaped the Mediterranean world and laid foundations for Western civilization. This series traces Rome's evolution from a small settlement on the Tiber to a sprawling imperium that stretched from Britain to Mesopotamia. We'll explore the Republic's political machinery, the Punic Wars that eliminated Carthage, and the tumultuous transition to imperial rule... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 76 | Founded | a month ago |
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In 165 CE, Roman soldiers returning from a campaign in the East brought back more than victory—they brought a devastating pandemic. The Antonine Plague, likely smallpox, swept through the empire for fifteen years, killing millions including Emperor L... more
This episode dives into the world of Roman jurisprudence — the jurists, legal principles, and institutions that held the empire together for centuries. Lucas and Luna explore the role of the praetor's edict, the rise of jurists like Ulpian and Papini... more
He was the most trusted man in the empire. Then he became the most dangerous. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise and fall of Lucius Aelius Sejanus, the ambitious Praetorian Prefect under Emperor Tiberius. They trace how Sejanus consolid... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Roman cursus honorum, the sequential path of political and military offices that defined a senator's career. They trace the journey from quaestor (financial administrator) to consul (chief magistrate), exam... more
In 63 BCE, the Roman Republic faced its gravest internal threat since the Punic Wars: the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina, better known as Catiline. A disgruntled patrician, Catiline gathered a shadow army of debt-ridden nobles, dispossessed ve... more
In 71 BCE, the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus defeated the slave army of Spartacus in southern Italy. But the final act of the war was not a battle — it was a crucifixion. Six thousand captured slaves were crucified along the Via Appia, from C... more
How did Rome know who its citizens were, where they lived, and what they owned? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Roman census — a centuries-old tradition of counting people, property, and power. From the first census under Servius Tullius ... more
When we think of Roman military might, we picture legionaries on foot—but Rome's rise to Mediterranean dominance was impossible without its fleets. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Roman navy from the Punic Wars to the Empire's height. Lea... more
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Focused explorations of Rome's ascent, administration, engineering, and economy render a vivid portrait of how an ancient republic evolved into a sprawling empire. Across episodes, listeners encounter the Senate's political machinery, dramatic power struggles, and the shift from republic to imperial rule, alongside deep dives into monumental infrastructure like aqueducts and roads, and enduring legal and religious transformations. The show consistently threads together military power, administration, and cultural adaptation to explain how Rome's legacy shaped governance, law, and urban life for centuries. Noteworthy angles include the ways infrastructure enabled both rapid deployment and imperial reach, the economic backbone of slave labor ... more
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