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20 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
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Podcast episode
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Synopsis: Caracalla cuts a murderous path through Rome, and provokes a dangerous war with Parthia. After his murder, Julia Domna is forced to contend with a would-be usurper. “Julia Domna deserved all that the stars could promise her. She possessed, even in advanced age, the attractions of beauty, and united to a lively imagination a firmness of mind, and strength of judgement, seldom bestowed on her sex. Her amiable qualities never made any deep impression on the dark and jealous temper of her husband; but in her son’s reign, she administered the principal affairs of the empire, with a prudence that supported his authority, and with a moderation that sometimes corrected his wild extravagancies.” - Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1, Chapter 6http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Episode_B33_Semiramis.mp3 The Bloodline Family Tree – Part Ihttp://s407341505.onlinehome.us/B33_Bloodline01.pdf The Bloodline Family Tree – Part II http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/B33_Bloodline02.pdf
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 11 – The Rise of Assyria: “I slew 14,000 of their warriors with the sword. Like Adad, I rained destruction on them. I scattered their corpses far and wide, and covered the face of the desolate plain with their wide-spreading armies. by The Ancient World