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Cassius Dio rarely gives extensive speeches to women in his Roman History. One remarkable exception, however, is the speech that he provides Boudica at the start of her revolt. Boudica, with Caitlin Gillespie Part 1 🎧 https://t.co/e9e7nxTlSv Part 2 🎧 https://t.co/GZEthPT9df https://t.co/pi3pQg4D2b

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Ancients Podcast! Tutankhamun - with Professor Joyce Tyldesley. https://t.co/FznlURamRX https://t.co/hnERjKfBiu

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The Ninth Legion fought for Julius Caesar throughout first the Gallic Wars and then the ensuing Civil War. From Bibracte to the Battle of Munda. The Mystery of the Ninth Legion 🎧 https://t.co/dHBogx7lA0 https://t.co/BtP6d93deK

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Attempts to tie Nero to the 'Anti-Christ' by Christian writers were slightly tenuous to say the least. If Nero's full name 'Nero Caesar' is converted to 'Neron Kaiser', and this name translated into Hebrew, the letters add up to 666. https://t.co/xq6YrL0hv6

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One of the most famous military dedications - 'tropaia' - in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia was a bronze helmet dedicated by the Athenian general Miltiades. Olympia: The Golden Age, with Professor Judith Barringer 🎧 https://t.co/eivEQX5Gd9 https://t.co/PZA3Jce0Wa

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The Persian King Xerxes' invasion of Greece in 480 BC was the largest amphibious invasion of Europe before D-Day in 1944 The Battle of Thermopylae, with Paul Cartledge 🎧 https://t.co/cZ8bPTaAnp https://t.co/GZw53bnqQO

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Herod the Great was a prolific builder. From Masada to Herodium, his reign's monumental constructions have left more of a lasting imprint on the landscape of Judaea than any other single person in history. King Herod, with Professor Jodi Magness 🎧 https://t.co/oQdMEp2cYd https://t.co/iz8FUlgKWj

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On the Ides of March 44 BC, Marc Antony was separated from Julius Caesar as he entered the senate meeting, after he was pulled aside by Gaius Trebonius. Trebonius had served alongside Marc Antony and Caesar since the Gallic Wars, but was involved in the plot to kill Caesar. https://t.co/KrWc2cAMmI

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Ancients Podcast! Athens: Birthplace of Democracy, with Professor Paul Cartledge. https://t.co/OxhOMwtKw9 https://t.co/Qe4iWwNyc8

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Cleopatra's mausoleum is described in Plutarch's Life of Antony as having multiple floors - with windows or doors in an upper level which allowed Cleopatra to communicate with those on the ground outside The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra 🎧 https://t.co/arJGJ4gDLS https://t.co/f9M8R05Sct