Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast

107- The War Hero's Grandson

With Numa gone, we now see the election of Tullus Hostilius- the grandson of Sabine war hero Hostius Hostilius- to the Roman throne. He is a lot more belligerent than old Pompilius ever was, and immediately sets about engineering a war with Alba Longa. Time period: c. 672- 671 BCE Relevant individuals: Tullus Hostilius, Gaius Clulius Sources for this episode: TBA

Edict- Two Co-Regents

The empire has a Princess Imperial as of 2026, but we do not have a formal regent established. Well, this episode sets up two of them...

106- Numa and the Nymph

The second king of Rome may be dead, but his story isn't quite. Today, we scrape together the crumbs of evidence our primary and secondary sources give us concerning Egeria. Is she a nymph? A goddess? Is she Numa's second wife or his lover? And what's the deal with her maybe turning into a spring? Let the defence and prosecution assemble! Time period: 716- 627 BCE Relevant individuals: Numa Pompilius, Egeria Sources for this episode: TBA

Edict- The Imperial Year Count

In the spirit of having fun with the show, here's another Imperial Edict sorting out the year count for the empire. 2026 is now also Year IV/V... Sources for this episode: TBA

105- Religious Reshuffle

Numa Pompilius' rule is a lot less exciting than that of Romulus in terms of warfare. Instead, we get a whole lot of religious restructuring, instilling piety into the rabble that is Roman society, and a mysterious burial with sacred texts the later Republic will never address again... That and calendar administration. Time period: 716- 672 BCE Relevant individuals: Numa Pompilius Sources for this episode: * Cassius Dio (1961), Dio’s Roman History in Nine Volumes. Volume II. Translated by E. Cary. London, United Kingdom and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press. * Dionysus of Halicarnassus (1960), The Roman Antiquities of Dionysus of Halicarnassus. Translated by E. Cary. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann Ltd. * Livy (1971), The Early History of Rome. Translated by A. de Selincourt. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. * Marks, A. and Tingay, G. (date unknown), Romans. London: Usborne Publishing. * M's Chronicle of the Roman Republic (TBA).Plutarch (1938), Plutarch's Lives (Volume I). London and New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. * Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Via Sacra (online) (Accessed 27/10/2025).