Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast

Bonus XXI- In Other News: The First Emperor of Japan

The reign of Tullus Hostilius includes the year 660 BCE- the same year that, half a world away in Japan, a certain individual named Iwarehiko no mikoto, descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu, invaded the Japanese islands and created an imperial line that is still with us until today. Time period: 660- 585 BCE Relevant individuals: Jimmu, 1st Emperor of Japan; Suizei, 2nd Emperor of Japan Sources for this episode: TBA

108- Triplets Fighting Triplets

War has come between Rome and Alba Longa, but in a bid to avoid both powers battering themselves into the dust before being swept aside by the Etruscans, they settle it via single combat. Well... more like triple combat. Join us for the We Hate Horatius Club, dictators called Foof, and the origins of walking under the yoke. Time period: Between 672 and 640 BCE Relevant individuals: Tullus Hostilius, 4th King of Rome; Horatii brothers; Curiatii brothers; Mettius Fufetius, Dictator of Alba Longa Sources for this episode: TBA

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