05 Monday Jun 2017
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A birth of a republic seems midwived by a lot of local conflict.
In this episode, the Doctors return to explore Rome’s continued struggles with her most estimable neighbours, the Volscians, the Hernicans, and the Aequians. The intricacies really start to come to the surface in the consulship of Proculus Verginius and Spurius Cassius.
Hear it all here!
Proculus Verginius and Spurius Cassius
Francesco Salviati c. 1543-5. The Rout of the Volscii with thanks to the Google Art Project
26 Wednesday Apr 2017
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The Doctors are back! And celebrating reaching our seventh episode no less! We dive right back into the narrative of Rome’s history from the founding of the City with an examination of the years just following the death of Coriolanus.
Rome, perhaps unsurprisingly, doesn’t really know how to get along with her neighbours…
The Volscians, The Aequians, and The Hernicans
A celebratory montage of Drs R and G 🙂
18 Saturday Feb 2017
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Coriolanus, Marcus Minucius, Valeria, Veturia, Volscians, Volumnia
After much ado, many conflicts, we’re finally here! It is the end of Coriolanus. How does his grisly end unfold? Who will be pivotal to the end of his career? In this episode, Drs R and G push through all the barriers to make sure this part of Roman history comes to a close! Check out the link below to tune in:
Franz Anton Maulpertsch, c. 1795. Coriolanus at the gates of Rome
08 Sunday Jan 2017
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It’s a new year and a new breath of fresh on the Partial Historian breeze! Oh wait, what’s that? Could it be … Coriolanus? Indeed it is! The complexities of Coriolanus’ narrative continue to build and things are about to get a little bit hairy for our man of the moment. Join Drs R and G for the ride ahead:
Wilhelm Wandschneider’s 1903 sculpture of Coriolanus in Plau am See (Germany). According to some, Coriolanus was clearly quite a man! Photograph courtesy of Ruchhöft-Plau from wikimedia commons.Â
11 Monday Jul 2016
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After a brief sojourn into Rome on film, the Doctors return to the narrative of Rome’s history from the founding of the city! In this episode, the Doctors examine the continuing Struggle of the Orders, some of the consequences of the strife between the Plebeians and Patricians, and *drum roll please* … we catch our first glimpse of the man who will become Coriolanus. Join us as we explore the depths of the Early Republic!
Roman Struggles, Introducing Coriolanus
Alma Tadema 1907 ‘Interior of Caius Martius’ House’
Tadema was commissioned to design sets for a production of Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ – without giving the man away – this is an imagined view of his patrician residence.
16 Saturday Jan 2016
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493 BCE, 494 BCE, Appius Claudius Sabinus, Auruncans, Publius Servilius Priscus, Roman History, Sabines, Volscians
The Doctors sweep into the turn of the new fasti with a bold return to their narrative history of Rome from the founding of the city. In this episode, Drs R. and G. consider the events of 494/3 BCE and the contextual factors that culminated in the crisis/class warfare/conflict/struggle between the patricians and the plebeians.
Click on the link below to listen or download!
The Struggle of the Orders – Part the First
Nineteenth century engraving of the plebeian revolt.
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