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Conflicted: A History Podcast

English - March 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 217 ratings
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The story of Rome through the eyes of the infamous Praetorian Guard, feared bodyguards who wielded the power and leverage to make – or break – the Emperors they swore to protect.

SOURCES:
Strauss, Barry. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. 2019
De La Bodeyere, Guy. Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard. 2017
Rankov, Boris. The Praetorian Guard. 1994
Bingham, Sandra. The Praetorian Guard. 2012
Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. 2015
Beard, Mary. The Roman Triumph. 2007.
Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. AD 121
Dando-Collins, Stephen. Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome. 2019.
Tacitus, Cornelius. The Complete Works. 1994.

The story of Rome through the eyes of the infamous Praetorian Guard, feared bodyguards who wielded the power and leverage to make – or break – the Emperors they swore to protect.

SOURCES:

Strauss, Barry. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. 2019

De La Bodeyere, Guy. Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard. 2017

Rankov, Boris. The Praetorian Guard. 1994

Bingham, Sandra. The Praetorian Guard. 2012

Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. 2015

Beard, Mary. The Roman Triumph. 2007.

Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. AD 121

Dando-Collins, Stephen. Caligula: The Mad Emperor of Rome. 2019.

Tacitus, Cornelius. The Complete Works. 1994.