How murder and violence permeated Ancient Roman society, politics, and and military affairs – Interview with Emma Southon

Dr. Emma Southon holds a doctorate in ancient history and is the author of Marriage, Sex and Death: the Family and the Fall of Rome and Agrippina. She recently released a new book on murder and violence in Ancient Rome. We spoke about Caesar’s killing, gladiator combat, solider land allotments, and political paramilitary forces of Rome. A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome (Abrams Books, 2021)

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How murder and violence permeated Ancient Roman society, politics, and and military affairs – Interview with Emma Southon

Emma Southon a fatal thing happened on the way to the forum

How murder and violence permeated Ancient Roman society, politics, and military affairs – Interview with Emma Southon

Check out this book here   https://amzn.to/2Skr7KZ

Interview Timeline

Dr. Emma Southon holds a doctorate in ancient history and is the author of Marriage, Sex and Death: the Family and the Fall of Rome and Agrippina. She recently released a new book on murder and violence in Ancient Rome. We spoke about Caesar’s killing, gladiator combat, solider land allotments, and political paramilitary forces of Rome. A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome (Abrams Books, 2021)

1:23 – Emma talking talks about how she wrote a book on murder in Ancient Rome.

3: 14 – Emma talks about how the book is broken down.

4: 31 – Emma talks about the time period she covered.

5: 48 – Emma talks about death and killing in Rome.

9:41 – Emma talks about how Romans treated all their foreign slaves captured in war.

15:07 – Emma talks about how the Roman military dealt with conquered people.

16:08 – Emma talks about the “paramilitary” political gangs in Rome.

19:22 – Emma talks about these gang fights.

20:36 – Emma talks about the land promised to soldiers.

28:00 – Emma talks about politics, military, and Caesar’s death.

29:45 – Emma talks about Caesar’s plans to go to Parthia before his assassination.

33:09 – Emma talks about how sacred the Senate was.

35:20 – Emma talks about gladiators.

40:52 – Emma talks about gladiators staging famous battles.

42:31 – Emma talks about her research looking for murders.

44:48 – Emma talks about the digitization of Roman records.

46:22 – Emma talks about Roman belief in magic.

49:39 – Emma talks about battle omens in the war with Carthage.

51:30 – Emma talks about wanting to know who killed Germanicus.

53:37 – Emma talks about infanticide in Ancient Rome.

1:06:32 – Emma can be found at EmmaSouthon.com or @nuclearteeth on twitter.

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