Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport, Matt Smith and special guest William Dalrymple share items of Roman interest! You will hear:

- A phoenix in the forum
- The unknown Queens of Rome
- The Roman perception of elephants
- Trade between India and Rome
- The low bar of Roman insults
- The false female centurion
- What Emperors called themselves
- An accurate population of Pompeii
- The false Theodosius
- Sallust and ethnic etymology in North Africa

Episode CCL (250)

Guests:

Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

Professor Caillan Davenport (Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University))

William Dalrymple (Esteemed author and host of Empire podcast)