Ancient Roman Historian⁄Author Interview - Emma Southon

My sit down with the incredible Roman historian and author Emma Southon, who has written some of my absolute favorite history books (Agrippina, A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Rome of Rome's Own).

Some of the topics include:
- Why Roman history?
- Cicero vs. Clodia
- Southon's writing style and dealing w/bias in history
- Which Roman emperor would Emma let her metaphorical daughter date?
- Why were the Romans obsessed with phallic symbols?
- Her next books
- How the popular history genre is viewed in the historian ecosystem
- Her fiction reading tastes

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0:00 Intro
1:00 Why Ancient Rome
3:44 Who Was Cicero
5:59 Cicero vs Clodia
11:12 Writing Style
15:27 Bias in History
19:20 Dating Emperors
24:12 Phallic Worship
28:11 Next Books
32:28 Historians Fighting
34:35 Popular History
38:15 Book Content
39:52 Reading Tastes
44:33 Piranesi
46:14 Closing
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