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Episode 26: The Forum of Julius Caesar

Posted on August 26, 2020April 4, 2021 by romapodcast

Transcript You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Forum of Julius Caesar. This area, at the side of the Capitoline Hill, was the border between two of the ancient tribes and…

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Episode 25: The Basilica Julia

Posted on August 25, 2020April 4, 2021 by romapodcast

  Transcript You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Basilica Julia. The Basilica Julia was dedicated by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE – the same year that his nearby Forum was…

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Episode 20: The Curia Julia

Posted on August 20, 2020April 4, 2021 by romapodcast

Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome. This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum. In this episode I’m describing the Curia Julia. The Curia Julia is the third building in the Forum that was purpose built as the Senate’s meeting place and each…

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Episode 19: Black Stone, Rostra and Phocas

Posted on August 19, 2020April 4, 2021 by romapodcast

Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome.  This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum.  In this episode I’m describing the Black Stone, Rostra and the Column of Phocas. The Roman Forum sits in a saddle between the Capitoline and Palatine Hills.  Originally a…

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Episode 18: The Basilica Paulli

Posted on August 18, 2020April 4, 2021 by romapodcast

Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome.  This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum.  In this episode I’m describing the Basilica Paulli. Before the Basilica Paulli was built, this location had already served as the site of a basilica commissioned in 179 BCE…

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Episode 15: The New Basilica

Posted on August 15, 2020September 20, 2020 by romapodcast

Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome.  This episode is one in a series of short descriptions of monuments in the Roman Forum.  In this episode I’m describing the New Basilica. Construction of the New Basilica began under the emperor Maxentius in the year 308 but was completed by emperor Constantine in…

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Episode 9: The Roman Forum

Posted on August 9, 2020September 20, 2020 by romapodcast

  Transcript: You’re listening to an Audio Guide to Ancient Rome.  My name is Daron Green. This intro and the next 15 podcast episodes are all relatively short – typically 5-10 minutes long with each focused on a specific building or area in the Roman Forum – note that there is an interactive google map…

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Podcast Episodes

  • Episode 35: The Column of Marcus Aurelius
  • Episode 34: The Mausoleum of Augustus
  • Episode 33: The Theater of Marcellus
  • Episode 32: The Pyramid of Cestius
  • Episode 31: The Mausoleum of Hadrian
  • Episode 30: The Palatine Hill
  • Episode 29: Largo Argentina
  • Episode 28: Trajan’s Column
  • Episode 27: The Circus Maximus
  • Episode 26: The Forum of Julius Caesar
  • Episode 25: The Basilica Julia
  • Episode 24: Temple of Vespasian and Titus
  • Episode 23: Temple of Saturn
  • Episode 22: The Temple of Concord
  • Episode 21: The Arch of Septimius Severus
  • Episode 20: The Curia Julia
  • Episode 19: Black Stone, Rostra and Phocas
  • Episode 18: The Basilica Paulli
  • Episode 17: The Temple of Castor and Pollux
  • Episode 16: The Temple of Divine Julius
  • Episode 15: The New Basilica
  • Episode 14: The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
  • Episode 13: Temple of Divus Romulus
  • Episode 12: The Temple of Vesta
  • Episode 11: Temple of Roma and Venus
  • Episode 10: The Arch of Titus
  • Episode 9: The Roman Forum
  • Episode 8: The Baths of Caracalla
  • Episode 7: The Piazza Navona
  • Episode 6: The Arch of Constantine
  • Episode 5: Ludus Magnus
  • Episode 4: The Capitoline Hill and Insula
  • Episode 3: The Colosseum
  • Episode 2: Ara Pacis
  • Episode 1: The Pantheon
  • Episode 0: Introduction

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