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How murder and violence permeated Ancient Roman society, politics, and military affairs – Interview with Emma Southon
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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.
Links of interest
https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/fatal-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum_9781419753053/
https://twitter.com/NuclearTeeth
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Guests: Emma Southon
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Abrams Press, Ancient history, Ancient war, history of crime,
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