Immediatly after becoming the undisputed Emperor in 285, Diocletian elevated Maximian to serve as his Imperial colleague.
Podcast Squared Interview: http://lifestylepodnetwork.com.au/podcastsquared/podcast-squared-31-savage-history/
KOOP Radio: www.koop.org
I was listening to a language CD today, called "Tagalog for Travelers", and I was surprised to hear the History of Rome jingle.
Posted by: Patrick H. | January 16, 2011 at 04:28 PM
Mike-haven't listened to this episode yet, but I'm wondering if I can request a "catch up" episode after finishing Diocletian similar to the episodes between Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. I know we're rapidly approaching Constintine and with him Christianity and the rapid cultural and religious changes there, but outside of the passing mention in one of the Aurelian episodes, seems like we haven't heard much. Is there enough source material from this crazy 3rd Century to get a good life at the common Roman (and increasingly Barbarian) citizen and what they were doing, feeling, and believing?
Posted by: Casey | January 16, 2011 at 11:35 PM
And for those who still can't get enough of Mike.
http://www.afreeman.org/2008/03/28/great-interview-of-the-week-beware-of-charismatic-populists-leading-private-armies/
Posted by: Detlef | January 17, 2011 at 12:38 AM
Fascinating that so many history nerds are cat persons. I am both myself of course.
Posted by: Mike in Rome | January 17, 2011 at 01:02 AM
There seem to be some problems with this episode. At present it's not possible to download it via iTunes.
Blog link is not working either :(
Posted by: Mark T | January 17, 2011 at 06:31 AM
The blog link works fine for me.
Posted by: Detlef | January 17, 2011 at 07:33 AM
Blog link is working fine for me as well
Posted by: Mark | January 17, 2011 at 07:39 AM
iTunes also does not work for me, this week and last. Otherwise love the podcast and a week without like Christmas is like going cold turkey...
Posted by: Andy | January 17, 2011 at 09:51 AM
Hey there Mike, great episode as always (even if I had to wait 'til the afternoon for my fix since the episode didn't show up in iTunes on my phone, but that doesn't really matter.)
Just one question though. I get that Diocletian was using his association to the gods to cow the soldiers and give himself legitimacy so that the army couldn't just overthrow him, but did the soldiers just accept this and resign their right to appoint the emperor?
I would have thought Diocletian was viewed as just another usurper who wasn't even a soldier's soldier (like say Aurelian) so I would have thought they would have just rolled their eyes at divine pretense. Or was it just Diocletian's top notch political skill that allowed him to get away with saying that he was appointed by Jupiter?
Apologies if you have answered it and I just didn't pick up on it.
Posted by: Daniel | January 17, 2011 at 03:55 PM
heh the interview detlef posted was great.
"I’m committed to seeing it through to the end. We should be able to get to the abdication of Romulus Augustulus by Christmas 08 (but I only say that to keep morale up – I know it’s going to run longer than that)."
Mike Duncan I will be sad if you finish thor and don't end up doing another history podcast project of some sort. Why not do a history of China from 10,000bce to the present :) Or maybe something more niche that most people don't know anything about already?
Posted by: Alex | January 17, 2011 at 04:59 PM
I think Mike mentioned once that his plans for the future included an American History podcast. I do hope so as I know nothing about it and would love to hear it from his perspective. His style, I'm sure, would do it justice.
Posted by: Luise (Tasmania,Australia) | January 17, 2011 at 06:30 PM
hi, I spotted this yesterday about Caligula´s tomb being found/discovered.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/17/caligula-tomb-found-police-statue
Cheers from Madrid!
Posted by: lightdrizzle | January 18, 2011 at 04:06 AM
Diocletian already? Where does the time go?
Posted by: Jeremy | January 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM
In this episode Maximian comes across as a good soldier but otherwise a real dummy, later events will show him to be a megalomaniacal dummy.
Posted by: Mike in Rome | January 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM
I can’t believe you haven’t gotten around to that yet. By the way, the blog link is working fine for me as well :)
Posted by: meizitang | January 19, 2011 at 09:25 AM
Listened to the P-Squared interview earlier this week and am listening to the Koop interview now live. I love hearing the background anecdotes, keep up the good work.
Nice music playlist, by the way.
Posted by: Bennett | January 19, 2011 at 12:25 PM
The Caligula's tomb thing seems to have been wildly exaggerated, and is almost certainly not his.
Posted by: Scott Scheule | January 20, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Mike, I am researching for a thesis on Ancient Rome and am curious as to which sources you are using. I want to concentrate on the reforms of Augustus.
Posted by: Mark | January 20, 2011 at 01:46 PM
I can’t believe you haven’t gotten around to that yet. By the way, the blog link is working fine for me as well :)
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Posted by: supra | July 21, 2011 at 02:21 AM
It's really nice history. I listened P-Squared interview. The Caligula's tomb thing seems to have been wildly exaggerated. Thanks for sharing this one.
Posted by: איפור מקצועי | September 16, 2011 at 05:42 AM
Great history shared by you here. I like this types of topics very much. I love historical place also. I love to read any history.
Posted by: Toyota | September 23, 2011 at 11:45 AM
I love history. I believe that fast approaching and with it Constintine Christianity and rapidly changing cultural and religious.
Posted by: גני אירועים בחדרה | September 24, 2011 at 12:33 PM
The link to the interview is broken. The working link is here:
http://podcastsquared.com/2011/01/11/podcast-squared-31-savage-history/
Posted by: Iain | May 11, 2012 at 08:58 AM