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Philippa Varney | insideoutofthebox.com

24 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

The turbulent life of ancient Rome uniquely written from a woman's perspective. Pomponia Graecina uncovers and exposes conspiracy, intrigue, injustice and murder while aiming to give a voice to the oppressed. To check out the author and how to read the full book visit the publishers website: insideoutofthebox.com or direct to Amazon books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pomponias-Stylus-Turbulent-recorder-secrets-ebook/dp/B094DQJRYX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=pomponia%27s+stylus&qid=1620635806&s=books&sr=1-1

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Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 6

April 27, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

Spring of AD21  Rome. The port of Ostia and Alexandria,  the home of the Governor of Egypt  - Lucius Seius Strabo https://www.insideoutofthebox.com/

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 6: 'The hour is ripe and yonder lies the way' Virgil - The Aeneid

April 27, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

Spring of AD21  Rome. The port of Ostia and Alexandria,  the home of the Governor of Egypt  - Lucius Seius Strabo

Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 5: 'I will...sing my songs in the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are, and carve in letters on the little trees the story of my love and, as the trees will grow, letters too will grow...' Virgil

April 20, 2021 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

The long awaited visit to Great Grandmother Empress Livia arrives.  Her words to Julia and Pomponia fill them with trepidation.

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 5

April 20, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

The long awaited visit to Great Grandmother Empress Livia arrives.  Her words to Julia and Pomponia fill them with trepidation. https://www.insideoutofthebox.com/

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 5: 'I will...sing my songs in the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are, and carve in letters on the little trees the story of my love and, as the trees will grow, letters too will grow...' Virgi

April 20, 2021 07:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

The long awaited visit to Great Grandmother Empress Livia arrives.  Her words to Julia and Pomponia fill them with trepidation.

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 4: 'Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of the kings.' Horace

April 12, 2021 16:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Pomponia is now back in Rome, naively seeking answers to her questions,  little knowing that she will experience new events that will change her forever.  Will she crumble emotionally, or Will she face the dark corridors of Rome and their secrets?

Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 4: 'Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of the kings.' Horace

April 12, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

Pomponia is now back in Rome, naively seeking answers to her questions,  little knowing that she will experience new events that will change her forever.  Will she crumble emotionally, or Will she face the dark corridors of Rome and their secrets?

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia’s Stylus Chapter 4

April 12, 2021 16:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

Pomponia is now back in Rome, naively seeking answers to her questions,  little knowing that she will experience new events that will change her forever.  Will she crumble emotionally, or Will she face the dark corridors of Rome and their secrets? https://www.insideoutofthebox.com/

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 3

April 02, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Background information: Pomponia Graecina  was grand daughter to  Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of emperor Tiberius and therefore related to the Julio Claudian dynasty.  Pomponia's mother was Asinia, the daughter of Vipsania and her second husband Gaius Asinus Gallus. Pomponia’s father was Gaius Pomponius Graecina.  Having a home in Rome and possibly property in the country.  In her young life she would have been taught at home alongside her brothers.   Parents arranged marriages with aris...

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 3

April 02, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

Pomponia's life at Villa Julian.  Unexpected events unfold. Please keep listening and enjoy today’s further instalment. httpw://www.insideoutofthebox.com/

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 3: 'Fond hope keeps the spark alive remembering ever that tomorrow things will mend' Tibullus

April 02, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MB

Pomponia's life at Villa Julian.  Unexpected events unfold. Please keep listening and enjoy today’s further instalment. To check out the author visit our publishing venture:  insideoutofthebox.com

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 3: 'Fond hope keeps the spark alive remembering ever that tomorrow things will mend' Tibullus

April 02, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB

Pomponia's life at Villa Julian.  Unexpected events unfold. Please keep listening and enjoy today’s further instalment. To check out the author visit our publishing venture:  insideoutofthebox.com

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 3 'Fond hope keeps the spark alive remembering ever that tomorrow things will mend'

April 02, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

Pomponia's life at Villa Julian.  Unexpected events unfold. Please keep listening and enjoy today’s further instalment. To check out the author visit our publishing venture:  insideoutofthebox.com If you think ancient history has little relevant today, listen to the story of Pomponia Graecina, a noblewomen with a heart for the unseen, records her life's experiences first hand.  A woman's eye view of the Roman world, rarely heard.

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 2: 'All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.' Ovid

March 30, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Pomponia's young heart is stirred, by a strong desire to help the less fortunate among humans and animals.  She continues to record and set plans in motion to help where she can. To check out the author visit our publishing venture:  insideoutofthebox.com

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 2

March 30, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Pomponia's young heart is stirred, by a strong desire to help the less fortunate among humans and animals.  She continues to record and set plans in motion to help where she can. https://www.insideoutofthebox.com/

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 2: 'All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that he might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.' Ovid

March 30, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Pomponia's young heart is stirred, by a strong desire to help the less fortunate among humans and animals.  She continues to record and set plans in motion to help where she can. To check out the author visit   insideoutofthebox.com

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 2: 'All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that he might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.' Ovid

March 30, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MB

Pomponia's young heart is stirred, by a strong desire to help the less fortunate among humans and animals.  She continues to record and set plans in motion to help where she can. To check out the author visit our publishing venture:  insideoutofthebox.com

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 2: The Animal Collectors

March 30, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

'All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky.'  Poet, Ovid Pomponia's young heart is stirred, by a strong desire to help the less fortunate among humans and animals.  She continues to record and set plans in motion to help where she can. To check out the author visit our publishing venture:  insideoutofthebox.com If you think ancient history has little relevant today, listen to the story of...

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 1: Perhaps It Will be Pleasing to Have Remembered These things One Day...

March 24, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MB

A heady adventure of action, colour and endless dangerous possibilities lurks in every shadowy corner of Ancient Rome.  Excitement, humour, love and mystery all intertwine within the life of Pomponia, noble grand-daughter to Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of Tiberius Caesar. She becomes a prolific writer and secret recorder of events in Ancient Rome.  She is determined that her voice, and the silent voices of those unjustly treated will be heard and recorded.   She is brought to trial for tr...

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 1: 'Perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things One Day...' Virgil

March 24, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

A heady adventure of action, colour and endless dangerous possibilities lurks in every shadowy corner of Ancient Rome.  Excitement, humour, love and mystery all intertwine within the life of Pomponia, noble grand-daughter to Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of Tiberius Caesar. She becomes a prolific writer and secret recorder of events in Ancient Rome.  She is determined that her voice, and the silent voices of those unjustly treated will be heard and recorded.   She is brought to trial for tr...

Podcast from Ancient Rome - Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 1

March 24, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

A heady adventure of action, colour and endless dangerous possibilities lurks in every shadowy corner of Ancient Rome.  Excitement, humour, love and mystery all intertwine within the life of Pomponia, noble grand-daughter to Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of Tiberius Caesar. She becomes a prolific writer and secret recorder of events in Ancient Rome.  She is determined that her voice, and the silent voices of those unjustly treated will be heard and recorded.   She is brought to trial for tr...

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 1: Perhaps It Will be Pleasing to Have Remembered These Things One Day...

March 24, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

A heady adventure of action, colour and endless dangerous possibilities lurks in every shadowy corner of Ancient Rome.  Excitement, humour, love and mystery all intertwine within the life of Pomponia, noble grand-daughter to Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of Tiberius Caesar. She becomes a prolific writer and secret recorder of events in Ancient Rome.  She is determined that her voice, and the silent voices of those unjustly treated will be heard and recorded.   She is brought to trial for tr...

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 1: 'Perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things One Day...'

March 24, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

A heady adventure of action, colour and endless dangerous possibilities lurks in every shadowy corner of Ancient Rome.  Excitement, humour, love and mystery all intertwine within the life of Pomponia, noble grand-daughter to Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of Tiberius Caesar. She becomes a prolific writer and secret recorder of events in Ancient Rome.  She is determined that her voice, and the silent voices of those unjustly treated will be heard and recorded.   She is brought to trial for tr...

Pomponia's Stylus Chapter 1: 'Perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things One Day...' Virgil

March 24, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MB

A heady adventure of action, colour and endless dangerous possibilities lurks in every shadowy corner of Ancient Rome.  Excitement, humour, love and mystery all intertwine within the life of Pomponia, noble grand-daughter to Vipsania Agrippina, first wife of Tiberius Caesar. She becomes a prolific writer and secret recorder of events in Ancient Rome.  She is determined that her voice, and the silent voices of those unjustly treated will be heard and recorded.   She is brought to trial for tr...