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Oct 15, 2026
Robert HarrisGUEST
doing?I did such an enormous amount of research for Pompeii and for my Cicero books that a lot of the facts of, of Roman life and, uh, the way the system operated, uh, and the end of the republic, I already had done the work.
Robert HarrisGUEST
So a- a- apart from that, um, I read the ancient sources, particularly Appian's Civil War and, uh, Suetonius.
Robert HarrisGUEST
Uh, and such books as have been written.
Robert HarrisGUEST
There have only been three biographies of Agrippa because there's so little to go on about what he was like.
Jane DraycottGUEST
[laughs] Goodness me.
Jane DraycottGUEST
So we get something comparable from Appian actually in his Civil Wars, where he says, "Antony was amazed at Cleopatra's wit as well as her good looks, and became her captive as though he were a young man, although he was 40 years of age."
speaker_0HOST
[laughs]
Jane DraycottGUEST
"It is said he was always very susceptible in this way, and that he had fallen in love with her at first sight long ago when she was still a girl." Awkward.
Jane DraycottGUEST
I do like this little tidbit because the situation gets reversed.
Jane DraycottGUEST
What we hear from Cleopatra in a scene when she's with Antony is that she had noticed him when he'd been in Alexandria under Gabinius.
Jane DraycottGUEST
So the detail comes from Appian, but the credit in the film is given to Cleopatra probably to smooth over the fact that it's a bit awkward for an adult man, uh, to be crushing on a young girl.
Jane DraycottGUEST
[laughs]
Dr RaddGUEST
Now, I know we wanted to get into the history, Dr. G.
Dr RaddGUEST
So one of the things that I really like about this movie is that if you look it up on IMDb, whilst you will see a number of screenwriters credited, amongst them you will also find Suetonius, Appian, and Plutarch credited.
speaker_2GUEST
I'm so glad to hear that because it is very clear from what we see in the way that the story unfolds that somebody at the very least was reading their ancient sources.
speaker_2GUEST
And I think this is really ideal because as I was watching, re-watching, because I have seen this film many times before, I was going through and just making notes about the things that were happening and just putting asterisks next to things where I was like, I'd like to check if that's a proper historical detail.
Bill MoseleyNARRATOR
End of sections 1 through 8 Recording by Bill Moseley, Frelsburg, Texas, USA
Marianne SpiegelNARRATOR
Book 1, sections 9 to 14 of Against Appian.
Marianne SpiegelNARRATOR
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Marianne SpiegelNARRATOR
Against Appian, by Flavius Josephus.
Marianne SpiegelNARRATOR
Translated by William Whiston.
Marianne SpiegelNARRATOR
Book 1, sections 9 to 14.
speaker_4GUEST
I think we must imagine this building as being at least two stories high, if not three stories high.
speaker_4GUEST
Appian says that, one of the writers about Carthage, says that there were buildings as much as six stories high in Carthage.
speaker_4GUEST
Beneath the floor of the room and beneath the floor of the courtyard where I am is the water storage facility, and this is one of the most sophisticated features of these buildings.
speaker_4GUEST
Here is the wellhead from which you could come down and draw out water with your bucket.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But at the same time, two legions loyal to the Senate arrived from Africa, rejuvenating the fighting spirit of the political elite in Rome.
speaker_3NARRATOR
As Appian puts it, it seemed as though the gods were urging them to defend their freedom.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But the embassy sent from Rome was already in the middle of negotiations with Octavian when they learned of the Senate's backtracking, throwing all negotiations into confusion.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Octavian, however, remained undeterred.
LeonardPANELIST
Defenders of the authenticity have quoted from history examples of similar massacres.
LeonardPANELIST
The example of Mithridates of Pontus, quoted by Cassell from Appian.
LeonardPANELIST
is remarkable in its similarity even to the language.
LeonardPANELIST
Quote, he sent secret orders to all the satraps and mayors of the cities that within the space of 30 days fall upon the residents of the Romans and Italians and upon their wives and children and upon all the freemen of Italian origin and kill them and take their goods and possessions.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
By 71 BC, both of them were standing outside of Rome with armies.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
Crassus had spent two years putting down Spartacus and had 6,000 crucifixions along the Appian Way to show for it.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
And Pompey had come back from Spain, mopped up 5,000 fugitives from that same war, and claimed credit for finishing the whole thing.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
Neither man disbanded, and both of them announced they were standing for the consulship of 70 BC.
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Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
In 53 BC, the Republic went half the year with no consuls at all for the simple reason that the voting could not physically take place.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
And the legislation passed in the days that one side could hold the ground.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
On the 18th of January, 52 BC, Clodius and Milo met by chance on the Appian Way near Beauvillai, traveling in opposite directions with their retinues.
Jeremy Ryan SlateHOST
There was a scuffle at the back of the two columns.
VinceHOST
Trust me, you're gonna enjoy it.
VinceHOST
Incidentally, Appian does come back into the story when we get to Tarquin.
VinceHOST
He has something.
speaker_1HOST
He does?
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