Life Of Caesar

Here it is – and it’s a big one (that’s what she said). Four men enter – two men leave. The showdown to determine the fate of Rome. It’s the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the forces of […]

The Triumvirs go on the offensive and prepare to engage Brutus and Cassius, and their massive army, in Macedonia. The triumvirs and the assassins control the two biggest armies Rome has ever produced, way bigger than any army that either Caesar or Pompey ever had – and they are mostly new recruits, with hardly a […]

LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS! Again! but this time… we’re a little worse for wear. On this episode we discuss more stories from the proscriptions but also delve deeply into the economics behind it, and discover that in a very brief period Rome found itself with a brand new class of nouveau riche – which changed […]

LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS! The first thing the Second Triumvirate did was a little bit of the ol’ mass murder aka THE PROSCRIPTIONS. One of the first people to meet their end was our ol’ mate Cicero.

On 19 August 43 BCE, Octavian was elected consul at the age of 19, ten months and 26 days. No-one so young had ever held the office. Decimus, Caesar’s friend, colleague and assassin, finally finds out karma’s a bitch. And then, the unbelievable happens – Octavian, Antony and Lepidus surprise everyone to create the Second Triumvirate.   […]

Battles continue between Antony, Octavian and the consuls, Hirtius and Pansa. By the end of the episode, two of the four are dead. Decimus escapes from Mutina and is awarded a triumph back in Rome. HE’S ONE OF THE CAESAR’S ASSASSINS! Antony gets reinforcements. And Cicero makes his last fatal mistake by saying of Octavian: “laudanum aduluscentum, […]

Today we are joined by the one and only Robert Harris – author of many bestsellers, including FATHERLAND and his CICERO trilogy. The final chapter of the Cicero trilogy, DICTATOR, is available now. You can buy it as an audiobook from Audible. Get your free copy today by using our signup page!   Can you do […]

Hirtius, Octavian and Pansa march to Mutina to support Decimus and fight Antony. At the battle of Forum Gallorum, Octavian and Antony’s respective praetorian guards go at it mano-a-mano: Being veterans they raised no battle-cry, since they could not expect to terrify each other, nor in the engagement did they utter a sound, either as […]

Cicero realises that the only way to stop Antony is for the Senate to align themselves with the young Caesar. He delivers his Third Philippic against Antony, praises Octavian and the Legio Martia, and convinces the Senate to make the 19 year old kid a Senator and the commander of the military of the Roman Senate.  Can […]

Shit gets real in this episode! Two of Mark Antony’s legions desert to Octavian and Antony finally confronts one of Caesar’s assassins with force – Decimus Brutus. There’s some ABBA and Public Enemy but at the end of this episode, we get serious (for once) and talk for a little while about the recent Paris attacks. Can […]

In this episode, Octavian throws a party, the Ludi Victoriae Caesaris, Antony is growing more powerful, Cicero delivers his First “Philippic”, Antony’s army from Macedonia starts arriving in Brundisium, Octavian tries to buy Antony’s men out from under him – and Octavian turns 19. Links: Spotify Playlist

We discuss the other key players who are playing a role in Rome in 44/43 BCE – Marcus Antonius, Dolabella and Lepidus, Brutus and Cassius. There’s another civil war brewing – it smells like 49 BCE all over again. Links: Spotify Playlist

Octavius changes his name to Gaius Julius Caesar – but we call him Octavian so as not to confuse him with the other guy. He makes his way to Rome to meet with Mark Antony  and get his cash – but it’s not going to plan. So he goes to visit Cicero near Naples, who also […]

On the 19th August, 14 CE, 767 years after the founding of Rome, nearly exactly 2001 years ago, the first Emperor of Rome, Augustus, finally died, at 75 years of age. His great-uncle and adoptive father, Julius Caesar, the most brilliant and successful general in Rome’s history, had been assassinated aged 56 after being the […]

Our second last episode! Probably. We talk about the main conspirators and their possible motivations. Decimus Junius Brutus. Galba. Trebonius. Basilus. Cassius. And, of course, Marcus Junius Brutus. ------ Do you #VOTEAUGUSTUS? ------ Support Tej Mehta! ------   Discuss the episode on the TPN Forum. Once again we sincerely want to thank everyone who has been leaving reviews on iTunes, Facebook and Twitter. Best reviews win a prize!   CLICK ->BECOME A LIFE OF CAESAR CONSUL & LISTEN TO OUR PREMIUM PODCASTS! CLICK ->BECOME A LIFE OF CAESAR PATRON!   HOW TO LISTEN: Listen On Your Computer Flick the PLAY button up above or, to listen to old episodes, go to our podcast section, click on the episode you want to listen to, and click on the play button. You can also listen on: YouTube or SoundCloud Listen On Your Mobile Use this feed to subscribe in some random podcast player or click the logos below to add to iTunes or Stitcher.