Special Episode - Our Top Ten at Ten

On the 1st March 2013, something momentous happened. We published our first episode of the Partial Historians podcast! Clearly, this is an event akin to Hannibal crossing the Alps or the expulsion of the kings.

Well, perhaps not quite. But it certainly changed our lives forever in ways that we could not imagine. Therefore, we decided to mark the occasion by getting together and discussing our Top Ten Moments from the Roman Republic thus far.

We hope you enjoy our chat about the Republic as much as we have enjoyed making this show for the past ten years.

Special Episode – Our Top Ten at Ten

Things to Look Out For:

1. The Conspiracy to Restore the Tarquins (Episode 45 – The Last Gasp of the Regal Period)
2. The Downfall of Spurius Cassius (Episode 71-73)
3. The Career of Lars Porsenna (Episode 46-47)
4. The First Secession of the Plebs (Episodes 58-59)
5. The Rise of Volero (Episode 85-86)
6. The Sneak Attack of Appius Herdonius (Episodes 96-97)
7. The Death of Verginia (Episodes 114-115)
8. The Life and Times of Dentatus (Episodes 105-106, 113)
9. The Rise and Fall of Spurius Maelius (Episode 127 – The Assassination of Spurius Maelius)
10. Aulus Cornelius Cossus vs Lars Tolumnius (Episodes 129-130)

Sound Effects

Thanks to the talented Bettina Joy de Guzman for our music.

Just a few photos of us together over the years. Are we partial to a dress up for the sake of Roman history? You betcha!

Automated Transcript

Dr Rad 0:00
That's right isn't just any bonus episode. Dr. G. It's our anniversary episode. I know I can't believe it. But we have been recording this podcast for 10 years as of today, the first of March.

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Partial Historians. And this might just be the most special bonus episode that you will hear of this show for a long time. Not that you should stop listening or anything. But just because this is our 10 year anniversary show. That's right. 10 years ago to this day, we released our very first episode. And so to mark that occasion, Dr. G, and I did what we did 10 years ago, which is we sat down, and we had a chat in our living room about Roman history. We hope that you enjoy the show.

Dr G 0:54
Hello and welcome to a fabulous bonus edition of the Partial Historians. I am Dr. G.

Dr Rad 1:04
And I am a 10 year old Dr. Rad

Dr G 1:08
10 years old.

Dr Rad 1:09
That's right isn't just any bonus episode. Dr. G.

Dr G 1:13
It's our anniversary episode. I

Dr Rad 1:15
know I can't believe it. But we have

Dr G 1:18
10 years old??

Dr Rad 1:23
the first of March.

Dr G 1:26
Look, there are marriages that do not last as long as this podcast.

Dr Rad 1:31
I know. And I felt we could not let this occasion pass without marking upon it. Because being independent podcasters as we are and have been for 10 years. I think that really the fact that we're still here now actually has a lot to do with the fact that we are just determined in clueless.

Dr G 1:54
We shall persist regardless the circumstance. Well, I mean, that may be so but I think it is also the case genuinely that over time, we have found our audience, our beautiful listeners, they're out there,

Dr Rad 2:08
I know. And we're so incredibly grateful because we look back to 10 years ago, and it really doesn't feel like 10 years ago because we even though we don't release episodes as often as other podcasts because we are dependent, and we have to balance full time jobs and all that kind of stuff. At the same time. We actually haven't taken a break. There hasn't been a month where we haven't released a podcast in 10 years, we have never stopped making the show.

Dr G 2:35
That is pretty consistent. I'm gonna give us a large pat on the back for that. Congratulations. For a while we were doing them every two weeks. I think that was a that was a period of early insanity, where we thought we had more time. And podcasting was not so strenuous.

Dr Rad 2:52
Yeah, because I mean that this is the thing. I was thinking back to our early days. And initially you and I had mooted the idea of start