Galba's refusal to pay off the Praetorian Guard came back to haunt him when Otho looked for accomplices to aid in his assassination plot early in 69 AD.
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October 18, 2009
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Welcome back and congratulations! We missed you.
Posted by: Brandon | October 18, 2009 at 04:37 PM
We've missed you! Welcome back!
(Finally, I can get my THOR fix.)
Posted by: Lisa Seelye | October 18, 2009 at 04:53 PM
Welcome back! My Monday's won't be as dull!
Posted by: Jamie | October 18, 2009 at 05:02 PM
hey, there he is!
Posted by: michael | October 18, 2009 at 05:10 PM
YAY! Welcome back.
Posted by: Lars | October 18, 2009 at 05:31 PM
Welcome back!
Posted by: Detlef | October 18, 2009 at 05:41 PM
Welcome back!! The Monday commute will be much brighter now :)
Posted by: Ian Perkins | October 18, 2009 at 06:36 PM
great to have you back now there's a reason to wake on mondays again
Posted by: robert | October 18, 2009 at 07:50 PM
I won't lie, I was a little scared of another super long hiatus. Glad to have you back and hope the sacred chickens gave you nothing but warm omens.
Posted by: Wes | October 18, 2009 at 08:01 PM
Long time listener, first time poster: CONGRATULATIONS! Yours is a terrific show and I hope you enjoy putting it together half as much as your fans, and we are legion, enjoy listening to it.
Posted by: Dan | October 19, 2009 at 04:19 AM
Welcome back Mike! You've been missed. Congrats on the marriage and the big move. Hope everything is going well in the lone star state.
Posted by: Luke | October 19, 2009 at 04:55 AM
I'm not listening week to week, rather downloading the podcast and listening to them later, so I only recently heard episode 53, asking about commercial endorsement. I, too, am a Roman history amateur enthusiast. I think what you have done is remarkable. I've heard some fact errors, and I disagree with some of your prespectives. Still, it's a great primer and refresher course. What an effort it must take. If you get a little recompense, I, for one, wouldn't take it amiss. In the end, it's whether you feel compromised which counts. Keep up the good work.
Danny Ball
Tampa, FL
Posted by: Danny Ball | October 19, 2009 at 06:57 AM
Welcome back and congratulations Mike.
Posted by: Jeff | October 19, 2009 at 07:25 AM
Good to have you back on duty Mike...
Posted by: Matt, The Netherlands | October 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Hey Mike, Welcome back. I was reading Gibbon in lieu of listening to your podcast for the last few weeks, but yours is infinitely lighter to lug around on an underground train.
Posted by: Seadna | October 19, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Woohoo!! Welcome back Mike (and Mrs THoR). I know I need to get a life - because I have really missed your 20 minutes of banter and cerebral topup.
Posted by: FredBear | October 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Welcome Back!!!
Posted by: Nathan | October 19, 2009 at 03:09 PM
Yay! Good to have you back. I hope the wedding went fine, and it didn't sink too heavily into Roman debauchery.
Another great episode. It always amazes me how casual the Ancients would be about murdering vast number of people to secure power.
The good ol' days.
Posted by: Gregorian | October 19, 2009 at 03:58 PM
Welcome back mike and congratulations
Posted by: Philip | October 19, 2009 at 07:26 PM
new listener :)
Posted by: Moon | October 20, 2009 at 02:51 AM
YES! Welcome back and Congrats! YeeHaw!
Posted by: Teenwolf | October 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Hey Mike
Welcome back, just download #70 and can't wait to get back into you very insightful and fascinating History of Rome. I love it.
Keep up the good work.
Bernard
Posted by: Bernard McMahon | October 20, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Hey welcome back! When you get situated in Austin shoot me an email and we'll hit the local watering holes.
Posted by: Lee | October 20, 2009 at 06:11 PM
Amazing come back :-). Keep em coming
Posted by: Jonathan | October 20, 2009 at 06:52 PM
Welcome back! How do you like the Austin heat after Oregon?
Posted by: Steve | October 20, 2009 at 08:08 PM
Congratulations on the nuptials Mike and Mrs THoR.
I just wanted to say thanks for the great podcast, I thoroughly enjoy it.
Posted by: Brett | October 21, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Welcome back Mike,
Your move to Texas coincided with my move from England to New Zealand so after being settled here it is nice to get back to some normality and the routine of the regular podcast. Thank you for giving our sad lives some structure.
Posted by: Ralf in NZ | October 21, 2009 at 01:29 AM
First time listener. I'm finally catching up. Like to listen to the first 24. Where can I find them? Thanks for the hard work.
Posted by: Sam | October 22, 2009 at 09:05 AM
great to have you back and hope married life has got off to a great start.
would appear I'm far from being the only new listener you picked up in your absence, and I'm (whilst typing this) getting on to episode 33 and still hooked. keep up the great work!
Sam, all the early episodes can still be downloaded from the blog's original location: http://thehistoryofrome.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Alan | October 23, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Awesome podcast. I'm working on catching up since I'm a new listener. I'm just finished Cincinatus!
Posted by: JPotter | October 23, 2009 at 05:33 PM
It's good to have you back again! Hell, everybody deserves a vacation once in a while!
Posted by: Michael | October 23, 2009 at 05:49 PM
Great podcast, extremely well done with lots of information about the historically unrivaled political and military intrigue. I am curious if there is any historical information about communication issues involved in ruling such a large society and territory given the unavailability of printed word at the time.
How exactly was Rome able to communicate precisely with societies who spoke a different, often unknown language? Even today, I find communication issues to be the single most likely problem experienced by individuals and organizations. I know Latin was the dominant language, but surely Rome encountered tribes and nations which spoke a language completely dissimilar to Latin.
Rome was obviously the military superpower of the time, so perhaps they didn't need to know that the words they used with foreign cultures were precise. Perhaps the mere presence of their armies was sufficient to articulate the message that other societies must submit to Rome or be destroyed.
Still, running an empire on a day-by-day basis must have required an extraordinary ability to communicate with subjects in an accurate manner so that all sides understood what was going on.
If anyone has information about this subject, I would be most grateful for elucidation.
Posted by: Andy | October 23, 2009 at 08:07 PM
Hi All: trying to do my first post to the blog and may have made a mistake so there my be two posts from me.
Mike: love the podcasts, find them really informative, and appreciate the fact that you make corrections from time to time.
Congratulations and welcome to married life. I was recently in Rome and took in the Pantheon. You were right on this one, it is impressive. See some of my pics at:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/WilliamBradleyIII/PantheonRome#
Posted by: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1150311534 | October 24, 2009 at 05:01 AM
Welcome back Mike!!
While you were away I took the time to listen to the episodes all the way through again. Wonderful stuff.
Posted by: Dan | October 25, 2009 at 01:42 PM