# Emperors of Rome A podcast by Nightlight Productions. “Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A Roman history podcast with Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith. Feed: https://mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/eor.xml ## Latest episodes - [The Triple Triumph](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/e40bf3e03803) (2026-10-27, 43 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/261027-triple-triumph.mp3 - [The War of the Words (Live at the Melbourne Museum)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/78e4c85d8f50) (2026-09-16, 54 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260916-war-words.mp3 - [The Young Warlord](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/2a05ead0bb36) (2026-08-19, 50 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260819-augustus03.mp3 - [The Rise of Octavian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/1481502f46a7) (2026-07-07, 34 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260707-augustus02.mp3 - [Octavian Before Octavian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/7ba417f0ac43) (2026-06-09, 43 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260609-augustus01.mp3 - [Germania](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/eb5908f6bddf) (2026-05-27, 35 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260527-germania.mp3 - [Augusti Retirement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/1fc4b3efa2ee) (2026-04-24, 32 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260424-diocletian07.mp3 - [The Tetrarchic Persecution of Christians](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/588d4ef3fc6b) (2026-03-31, 43 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260331-diocletian06.mp3 - [How the Tetrarchy Won the East](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/91f9d4326bf7) (2026-03-21, 35 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260322-diocletian05.mp3 - [Reclaiming Britannia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/abe4461863e5) (2026-02-28, 28 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260228-diocletian04.mp3 - [Tetrarchy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/38aa618fa8eb) (2026-02-06, 40 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260206-diocletian03.mp3 - [Support Emperors of Rome on Patreon!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/c115515c8f49) (2025-12-09, 9 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/260126-patreonnotice.mp3 - [Anthology of Interest IV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/04702e63e9c1) (2025-12-09, 53 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/251209-aoiiv.mp3 - [Viriathus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/8e0fe20790bd) (2025-10-29, 36 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/251029-viriathus.mp3 - [Paetus, It Does Not Hurt](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/09411e83061e) (2025-09-19, 45 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250919-arria.mp3 - [Porcia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/43fda01023a2) (2025-08-30, 41 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250830-porcia.mp3 - [Laudatio Turiae](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/ead2d5914896) (2025-08-22, 42 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250822-laudatio-turiae.mp3 - [False Nero](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/c1a886411955) (2025-07-31, 26 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250731-false-nero.mp3 - [Ludi Apollinares](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/302c645eb8fc) (2025-07-14, 23 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250714-ludi-apollinares.mp3 - [The House That Crassus and Pompey Built](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/540d0e586cd1) (2025-06-26, 30 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250626-crassus05.mp3 - [Glory and Gold](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/b85a35de36d9) (2025-05-29, 34 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250530-crassus04.mp3 - [Crassus and the Triumvirate](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/bd0196cb526c) (2025-05-22, 36 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250522-crassus03.mp3 - [Crassus vs Spartacus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/e2f1d4d2d51a) (2025-04-24, 34 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250424-crassus02.mp3 - [Crassus and the Social Wars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/09cf5553c961) (2025-04-01, 31 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250402-crassus01.mp3 - [Excavating Pompeii](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/6e6e07182ded) (2025-03-17, 40 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250317-excavating-pompeii.mp3 - [Imperial Dining (with Mary Beard)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/2cf2498c52ce) (2025-02-24, 41 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250224-imperial-dining.mp3 - [Roman Dining](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/d315dcc1d88e) (2025-02-18, 26 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250218-roman-dining.mp3 - [Episode CCXXXVI - The Madness of Commodus (Live in Melbourne)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/1f61ddf31e6d) (2025-01-10, 28 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/250110-commodus-live.mp3 - [Episode CCXXXV - Faunalia Rustica](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/fcc8cae7dbe4) (2024-12-17, 19 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/241217-faunalia-rustica.mp3 - [Episode CCXXXIV - Dyarchy Plus One (Diocletian II)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/a932f53dc11b) (2024-12-06, 31 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/241206-diocletian02.mp3 - [Episode CCXXXIII - The Rise of Diocles (Diocletian I)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/1022032eb440) (2024-11-20, 32 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/241120-diocletian01.mp3 - [Episode CCXXXII - Carus and Sons](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/5b53b13ccab3) (2024-11-08, 26 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/241108-carus.mp3 - [Episode CCXXXI - Probus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/00bbb29cec72) (2024-10-23, 31 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/241023-probus.mp3 - [Episode CCXXX - Emperor Tacitus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/354d9292601d) (2024-09-25, 28 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240925-tacitus.mp3 - [Episode CCXXIX - Clodius Pulcher and the Bona Dea](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/aa0129eb4efc) (2024-09-11, 28 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240911-bona-dea.mp3 - [Episode CCXXVIII - Caesar vs Vercingetorix (Live in Albury)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/dfb4f6e3a360) (2024-08-16, 36 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240816-caesar-vercingetorix.mp3 - [Episode CCXXVII - The Catiline Comparison (The Catiline Conspiracy VIII)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/8bbd15804a4e) (2024-07-31, 47 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240731-catiline08.mp3 - [Episode CCXXVI - The Reputation of Catiline (The Catiline Conspiracy VII)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/b3a5b70a4b32) (2024-07-06, 40 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240706-catiline07.mp3 - [Episode CCXXV - The Exile of Cicero (The Catiline Conspiracy VI)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/0a64f0c81017) (2024-06-06, 37 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240606-catiline06.mp3 - [Episode CCXXIV - Indomitable Spirit (The Catiline Conspiracy V)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/667326995aa4) (2024-05-10, 36 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240510-catiline05.mp3 - [Episode CCXXIII - The Championship of the Oppressed (The Catiline Conspiracy IV)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/c663db838463) (2024-04-26, 37 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240426-catiline04.mp3 - [Episode CCXXII - A Stolen Election (The Catiline Conspiracy III)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/538f2b50c48d) (2024-04-11, 35 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240411-catiline03.mp3 - [Episode CCXXI - An Entire Farrago (The Catiline Conspiracy II)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/d40e65625497) (2024-03-28, 33 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240328-catiline02.mp3 - [Episode CCXX - A Disordered Mind (The Catiline Conspiracy I)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/cce60746c1d9) (2024-03-15, 43 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240315-catiline01.mp3 - [Episode CCXIX - Hispala Faecena and the Bacchanalia Conspiracy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/c21098959564) (2024-02-21, 29 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240221-hispala-faecena.mp3 - [Episode CCXVIII - Martial on the Emperors](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/20bfe7943f26) (2024-02-08, 36 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/240208-martial-emperors.mp3 - [Episode CCXVII - Angeronalia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/94a3f76b55b2) (2023-12-15, 23 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/231215-angeronalia.mp3 - [Episode CCXVI - A Roman Haunting in Three Parts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/2dc6f05681e7) (2023-10-27, 28 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/231027-haunting.mp3 - [Episode CCXV - The Unconquered Sun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/79f8e8c803f9) (2023-09-27, 23 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/230917-aurelian04.mp3 - [Episode CCXIV - Aurelian, Restorer of the Age](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/850148806/7c59cccf9327) (2023-08-25, 23 min): audio https://www.mattsmithpodcast.com/emperors/230825-aurelian03.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.