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20 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2015
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Synopsis: The death of Tiberius, elevation of Caligula, and final years of King Ptolemy I. “Ptolemy, whom (Caligula) invited from his kingdom, and received with great honors, he suddenly put to death, for no other reason, but because he observed that upon entering the theatre, at a public exhibition, he attracted the eyes of all the spectators, by the splendor of his purple robe.” – Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, XXXV “Meanwhile Gaius sent for Ptolemy, the son of Juba, and on ascertaining that he was wealthy put him to death.” – Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book 59http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Episode_B12_Antonii.mp3Heirs of Mark Antony:http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/7_Antonii_36AD_1.pdfhttp://s407341505.onlinehome.us/8_Antonii_36AD_2.pdf
Released:
Mar 27, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 3 – “Wherever I Went, Let Him Go!”: “Now any king who wants to call himself my equal, wherever I went, let him go!” – Sargon the Great In 2,334 BC, Sargon of Akkad forged the world’s first empire and created a legend that would inspire Near Eastern rulers for millennia. The Third […] by The Ancient World