Episode CLXXIV - Boudicca

22.09.2021

Emperors of Rome

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In 60CE Rome came close to losing the province of Britannia in an uprising led by the warrior queen Boudicca, who united the tribes in the area, destroyed several Roman settlements and defeated part of a Roman legion.

She has become an icon of British resistance, highlighting the difficulty Rome had in controlling the distant provinces.

Part III of ‘Enemies of Rome’

Guest: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Head of Department of Languages and Linguistics, La Trobe University)

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Episode CLXXIV - Boudicca

Emperors of Rome

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Episode CCXXII - A Stolen Election (The Catiline Conspiracy III)

Episode CCXXI - An Entire Farrago (The Catiline Conspiracy II)

Episode CCXX - A Disordered Mind (The Catiline Conspiracy I)

Episode CCXIX - Hispala Faecena and the Bacchanalia Conspiracy

Episode CCXVIII - Martial on the Emperors

Episode CCXVII - Angeronalia

Episode CCXVI - A Roman Haunting in Three Parts

Episode CCXV - The Unconquered Sun

Episode CCXIV - Aurelian, Restorer of the Age