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The Tale of Rome

This is a narration of ancient Rome and its history from the founding of Rome in the year 753 BC, until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. http://www.thetaleofrome.com This podcast is published on a weekly basis, and episodes are around fifteen minutes in length. Episode by episode, the podcast will travel in time, starting from a man called Aeneas who left Troy and settled in Italy. It will continue its trip to the birth of Romulus and Remus, and how they founded Rome

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21:24

Episode 019 - The Battle of Mons Algidus

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2017/12/24

This time Romans don’t fight the Latins. Instead, they have to face the dangerous Aequi tribe.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 19 – The Battle of Mons Algidus.Last week we saw the arrival of the Twelve Tables.Written laws so that all Romans could be tried and treated the same way.And we also saw how all over Rome people learned those laws by heart. Among them, the oh-so-eager eight-year-old boy

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21:24

Episode 019 - The Battle of Mons Algidus

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2017/12/24

This time Romans don’t fight the Latins. Instead, they have to face the dangerous Aequi tribe.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 19 – The Battle of Mons Algidus.Last week we saw the arrival of the Twelve Tables.Written laws so that all Romans could be tried and treated the same way.And we also saw how all over Rome people learned those laws by heart. Among them, the oh-so-eager eight-year-old boy

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18:01

Episode 018 - The Twelve Tables

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2017/12/10

Finally, laws that can be seen, touched, and learnt by heart. And that’s exactly what illiterate people, as well as lawyers do all over Rome. They recite their brand-new laws, compiled in Twelve Tables by heart.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 18 – The Twelve Tables.Last week we saw the installation of a new office in the Republic of Rome: the Plebeian Tribune.I also mentioned of a Roman general,

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18:01

Episode 018 - The Twelve Tables

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2017/12/10

Finally, laws that can be seen, touched, and learnt by heart. And that’s exactly what illiterate people, as well as lawyers do all over Rome. They recite their brand-new laws, compiled in Twelve Tables by heart.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 18 – The Twelve Tables.Last week we saw the installation of a new office in the Republic of Rome: the Plebeian Tribune.I also mentioned of a Roman general,

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20:14

Episode 17 - The Conflict of the Orders

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2017/12/08

Hello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 17 - The Conflict of the Orders.Last week we kicked the Latin League’s behind, in a battle that lasted far too long into the afternoon, and we all got hungry and ended up missing lunch.Partly by superstition, Roman legionaries carried two types of food with them, at all times. Bread and olives. They also carried water, but during a battle, water would be both a waste and a

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20:14

Episode 17 - The Conflict of the Orders

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2017/12/08

Hello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 17 - The Conflict of the Orders.Last week we kicked the Latin League’s behind, in a battle that lasted far too long into the afternoon, and we all got hungry and ended up missing lunch.Partly by superstition, Roman legionaries carried two types of food with them, at all times. Bread and olives. They also carried water, but during a battle, water would be both a waste and a

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19:34

Episode 16 - The Battle of Lake Regillus

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2017/11/21

Cloelia’s heroism. King Lars Porsenna’s farewell. A threat on the shores of Lake Regillus. A threat so big, that Rome installs a dictator for the first time, in order to survive its institutional infancy.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 16 – The Battle of Lake Regillus.Last week we left off with the siege of Rome, and how Mucius gave King Porsenna the scare of his life, by telling him that the

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19:34

Episode 16 - The Battle of Lake Regillus

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2017/11/21

Cloelia’s heroism. King Lars Porsenna’s farewell. A threat on the shores of Lake Regillus. A threat so big, that Rome installs a dictator for the first time, in order to survive its institutional infancy.Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 16 – The Battle of Lake Regillus.Last week we left off with the siege of Rome, and how Mucius gave King Porsenna the scare of his life, by telling him that the

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19:49

Episode 15 - King Lars Porsenna

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2017/11/08

— The Romans gave him as much land as he could circle in one day with an ox and a plow, and they’d also give him a cow.During the first years of the republic, Rome was invaded, conquered and taken by Etruscan King Lars Porsenna. But we’ll also hear the Roman version of that, and hopefully know what exactly happened.Partial Transcripthttp://thetaleofrome.com/rome-015Hello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 15 — King Lars

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Episode 15 - King Lars Porsenna

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2017/11/08

— The Romans gave him as much land as he could circle in one day with an ox and a plow, and they’d also give him a cow.During the first years of the republic, Rome was invaded, conquered and taken by Etruscan King Lars Porsenna. But we’ll also hear the Roman version of that, and hopefully know what exactly happened.Partial Transcripthttp://thetaleofrome.com/rome-015Hello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 15 — King Lars

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16:34

Episode 2 - Immaculate Conception

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2017/10/30

Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China.http://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-002Welcome to the Tale of Rome, Episode 2 — Immaculate Conception.Last Week we saw how Aeneas managed to escape Troy, and how he finally settled on the western coast of Italy. And we saw how his son came to found a city named Albalonga.Today we will see how his grand-grandchildren prepare the stage for us, so that we get to see how Rome as founded.And to get there, today we’ve

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16:34

Episode 2 - Immaculate Conception

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2017/10/30

Partial TranscriptHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China.http://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-002Welcome to the Tale of Rome, Episode 2 — Immaculate Conception.Last Week we saw how Aeneas managed to escape Troy, and how he finally settled on the western coast of Italy. And we saw how his son came to found a city named Albalonga.Today we will see how his grand-grandchildren prepare the stage for us, so that we get to see how Rome as founded.And to get there, today we’ve

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15:38

Episode 1 - Once Upon a Time

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2017/10/30

Partial TranscriptionHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China.http://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-001Welcome to the Tale of Rome, Episode 1 — Once Upon a Time.Rome was founded in the year 753 BC, but to start our tale we need to do two things:ONE — I want to tell you a bit about this podcast, as a project, and TWO — we need to travel a little bit back in time. Some 500 years back, to the twelfth century BC.To the Trojan War, to be more exact.Alright, let’s go with ONE,

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15:38

Episode 1 - Once Upon a Time

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2017/10/30

Partial TranscriptionHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China.http://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-001Welcome to the Tale of Rome, Episode 1 — Once Upon a Time.Rome was founded in the year 753 BC, but to start our tale we need to do two things:ONE — I want to tell you a bit about this podcast, as a project, and TWO — we need to travel a little bit back in time. Some 500 years back, to the twelfth century BC.To the Trojan War, to be more exact.Alright, let’s go with ONE,

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16:37

Episode 14 - Life and Death of Junius Brutus

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2017/10/30

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-014 Two weeks ago we found ourselves in the middle of the battle of the Arsian forest.On one side, we had the forces of former King Tarquin, together with forces of the Etruscan city of Veii, and on the side there were the forces of Rome, directed by Junius Brutus and Publius Valerius.When Arruns saw that the army of Rome being commanded by Brutus, he exclaimed“That’s the man who kicked us out of Rome!”Watch how he proudly

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Episode 12 - The First Two Consuls

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2017/10/30

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-012 Hello, this is Abel, in Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 12 — The First Two Consuls.Last week, we saw—finally, the final moments of the monarchy in Rome.We saw how Tarquin the Proud got locked out of his own city, after the rebellion started by Lucius Brutus and Lucius Collatinus.Without any soldiers left, and knowing that the gates of Rome would be blocked, he and the idiot of his son went

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Episode 13 - State of the Union - 509 BC

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2017/10/30

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-013 Hello, this is Abel, in Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 13 — State of the Union – 509 BC.This is our first episode of the State of the Union, and just as many things that happened in Rome for the first time, this episode will have the honor and the duty to establish norms, styles, and other precedents for future editions of episodes of the State of the Union.If you heard our last episode,

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16:17

Episode 11 - Rome 1 - Athens 0

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2017/10/30

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-011 Hello, this is Abel, in Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 11 — Rome 1 – Athens 0.This episode has a rather soccer-type title name, because the Romans—let me repeat that, the Romans claim that their republic started in the year 509 BC.Personally, I don’t buy it, not even for a minute, but—since all we have are the records written by the Romans themselves, and since we do not have a time machine,

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16:37

Episode 14 - Life and Death of Junius Brutus

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2017/10/30

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-014 Two weeks ago we found ourselves in the middle of the battle of the Arsian forest.On one side, we had the forces of former King Tarquin, together with forces of the Etruscan city of Veii, and on the side there were the forces of Rome, directed by Junius Brutus and Publius Valerius.When Arruns saw that the army of Rome being commanded by Brutus, he exclaimed“That’s the man who kicked us out of Rome!”Watch how he proudly

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16:17

Episode 11 - Rome 1 - Athens 0

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2017/10/30

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-011 Hello, this is Abel, in Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 11 — Rome 1 – Athens 0.This episode has a rather soccer-type title name, because the Romans—let me repeat that, the Romans claim that their republic started in the year 509 BC.Personally, I don’t buy it, not even for a minute, but—since all we have are the records written by the Romans themselves, and since we do not have a time machine,

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