All Episodes

Augustus and the Constitutional Settlement of 27 BC

Augustus' Forum: Marble, Statues, and Imperial Ideology

Augustus and the Cantabrian Wars: The Final Conquest of Hispania

Augustus and the Mausoleum: The Emperor's Final Resting Place

Augustus and the Roman Grain Supply: Feeding an Imperial City

Augustus and the Ara Pacis: Altar of Augustan Peace

Augustus and the Roman Navy: From Actium to Imperial Fleet

Augustus and the Imperial Post: How a Roman Letter Crossed the Empire

Augustus and the Praetorian Guard: Emperors Shadow

Augustus and the Poet Ovid: Exile on the Black Sea

Augustus and the Imperial Cult: Worship of the Emperor

Augustus and the Roman Year: Calendar Reform as Power

Augustus and the Sibylline Books: Prophecy and Power

Augustus and the Res Gestae: The Emperor's Own Triumphal Inscription

Augustus and the Parthian Crown Prince Hostage

Augustus and the Roman Standard: The Signum Receptum

Augustus and the Roman Fire Brigades: The Vigiles

Augustus and the Temple of Apollo Palatinus

Augustus and the Ludi Saeculares: Rome's Secular Games Reborn

Augustus and Livia: The First Imperial Marriage

Augustus and the Temple of Mars Ultor: Avenging Caesar

Augustus and the Road System: The Cursus Publicus

Augustus and the Parthian Hostage Crisis

Augustus and the Parthian Standards: A Diplomatic Victory

Augustus and Agrippa: The Architect of Empire

Augustus and the Roman Water Supply: Aqueducts and the Curator Aquarum

Augustus and the Roman Grain Supply: Feeding the Eternal City

Augustus and the Praetorian Guard: The Emperor's Elite Bodyguard

Augustus and the Mausoleum: Building Immortality in Rome

Augustus and the Roman Army Reforms: Creating the Professional Legion

Augustus and the Ara Pacis: Rome's Altar of Peace

Augustus and the Roman Coinage: Propaganda in Metal

Augustus and the Auxilia: Foreign Soldiers in the Roman Army

Augustus and the Battle of Actium: The Naval Clash That Made an Emperor

Augustus and the Gallic Census: Taxation in Gaul

Augustus and Ovid: Exile at the Edge of Empire

Augustus and the Roman Census: Counting Citizens for an Empire

Augustus and the Res Gestae: The Emperor's Own Account

Augustus and the Cult of the Emperor: Divine Honours in Rome

Augustus and the Temple of Palatine Apollo

Augustus and the Roman Games: Circus Maximus and Ludi Saeculares

Augustus and the Sibylline Books: Prophecy and Power in Ancient Rome

Augustus and the Roman Family: Morality Laws Unveiled

Augustus and the Roman Judiciary: Law in the Age of the Princeps

Augustus and the Roman Postal System: The Cursus Publicus

Augustus and the Roman Senate: Managing the Old Aristocracy

Augustus, Virgil, and the Aeneid: Epic Poetry as Imperial Foundation

Augustus and Agrippa: The Right-Hand Man Who Built an Empire

Augustus and the Roman Grain Supply: Feeding an Empire

Augustus and the Legions: Reforming Rome's Military Machine

Augustus and the Roman Mint: Coins as Imperial Propaganda

Augustus and the Roman Navy: The Battle of Actium and Beyond

Augustus and the Urban Cohorts: Rome's Secret Police

Augustus and the Arch of Augustus at Rimini: A Monument of Imperial Ideology

Augustus and the Palatine: The Emperor's Residence and the Myth of Simplicity

Augustus and the Censorship of Ovid: Poetry, Politics, and Exile

Augustus and the Non-Elite: The Vici Magistri and Imperial Control

Augustus and the Subura: Rome's Most Notorious Slum

Augustus and the Roman Road Network: Building Empire Through Pavement

Augustus and the End of the Triumvirate: The Final Settlement

Augustus and the Lex Papia Poppaea: Rome's Marriage Laws

Augustus and the Roman Legal System: The Praetor's Edict

Augustus and the Roman Aqueducts: Water Wealth and Power

Augustus and the Battle of Actium: The Naval Clash That Made an Emperor

Augustus and the Temple of Divus Iulius: A Cult in the Forum

Augustus and the Roman Census: Counting Citizens for Power

Augustus and the Temple of Apollo Palatinus: A God Next Door

Augustus and the Lex Fufia Caninia: How Rome's First Emperor Regulated Slave Manumission

Augustus and the Cult of the Lares Augusti: Neighborhood Gods of Imperial Rome

Augustus and the Roman Fire Brigades: The Vigiles Urbani

Augustus and the Praetorian Guard: Creating an Imperial Bodyguard

Augustus and the Lex Sumptuaria: How Rome's First Emperor Tamed Elite Dining

Octavian's Exile of the Poet Ovid: Art and Power in Augustan Rome

Augustus and the Lex Papia Poppaea: Rewarding Marriage in Rome

Augustus and the Dying Gaul: Hellenistic Art in Imperial Rome

Augustus and the Roman Baths: Public Hygiene and Imperial Politics

Augustus and the Death of Marcellus

Augustus and the Secular Games: Reinventing Rome's Millennial Festival

Augustus and the Theatre of Marcellus: A Stage for Power

Augustus and the Cura Annonae: Feeding Rome's Millions

Augustus and the Ara Pacis: Rome's Altar of Peace

Augustus and the Roman Mint: How Coinage Shaped an Empire

Augustus and the Mausoleum: Building an Imperial Tomb

Augustus and the Coinage Reform: Minting an Empire

Augustus and the Varian Disaster: Aftermath and Grief

Augustus and the Temple of Mars Ultor: Avenging Caesar

The Varian Disaster: Rome's Lost Legions in the Teutoburg Forest

Augustus and the Curia Julia: Building a Senate House for a New Era

Augustus and the Res Gestae: His Own Epitaph

Augustus and the Dying Gaul: Hellenistic Art in Imperial Rome

Augustus and the Lex Fufia Caninia: Limiting Freedmen in Roman Wills

Augustus and the Praetorian Guard: The Emperor's Elite Bodyguard

Augustus and the Roman Triumph: A General's Greatest Honor

Augustus and the Prima Porta Statue: A Masterpiece of Imperial Propaganda

Augustus and the Lex Papia Poppaea: Rewarding Roman Families

Augustus and the Temple of Apollo Palatinus: A God Next Door

Augustus and the Palatine: From Romulus Hut to Imperial Palace

Augustus and Livia: The Power Couple of the Early Empire

Augustus and the Princeps Senatus: First Among Senators

Augustus and the Altar of the Lares: Shrines of the Neighborhood

Augustus and the Rise of the Praetorian Guard

Augustus and the Secular Games: A New Age for Rome

Augustus and the Cura Aquarum: Rome's Water Czar

Augustus and the Ara Pacis: An Altar of Peace in Stone

Augustus and the Ara Pacis: An Altar of Peace in Stone

Augustus and the Temple of Jupiter Feretrius: Rome's Oldest Shrine

Augustus and the Census: Counting the Citizens

Augustus and the Legions: Rewriting Rome's Military

Augustus and the Battle of Actium