Episode CXXXIII - Anthology of Interest I‪I‬

<p>Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport and Matt Smith each share three Roman topics of interest for three minutes! You will hear:</p><p>- Scaurus and the marble columns</p><p>- The 206 fragments of the Portland Vase</p><p>- The paranoia of Emperor Claudius</p><p>- The Roman perception of Ireland (featuring exploding sheep)</p><p>- The vanity of the Alexander the Sophist</p><p>- An early example of chemical warfare</p><p>- Living it rough with Seneca</p><p>- Goldflake and Innocence</p><p>- The nazi fascination with Tacitus' Germania</p><br><p>Guest:</p><p>Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)</p><p>Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)</p>