A Chronological History of Britain
Every episode of The British History Podcast that moves the story forward in a chronological way.
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Constantius, throwing caution to the wind, follows in the footsteps of Severus.
The featured image here is a bust of Constantius… And I thought I had a big nose.
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I’m back and so is Carausius! Here we go!
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This time Carausius is going to try his hand at this empire thing and see if he can do better than Albinus and Postumus.
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Lets talk about Diocletian really quick.
Diocletian had claimed that he was divinely appointed by Jupiter and that he was essentially the hand of Jupiter on earth. Members know that this might not have been shocking to the Ancient Celts, since many of their chiefs and monarchs likely had also claimed divine appointment. But this divinity thing was certainly shocking for Rome. So why do it?
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Things are changing rather quickly on our little island.
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So the Gallic Empire has been defeated and now Britannia was back within the folds of Rome. That was probably more than a little disheartening for the Romano-British. Once again, its rulers were on the other side of the world rather than just on the other side of the channel. The Romano-British were probably getting used to having the attention of Emperor Postumus. After all, Britannia was almost certainly the little jewel in his empire considering how stable and prosperous it was. And now he was dead and the empire was gone…. and they were going to get neglected once again.
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Someone turn on the light!
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Alright, we are entering the third century. And as we enter it, we cannot help but have the feeling that a profound change has come to the Roman Empire. We will see run away inflation, military insurrection, nearly constant regicide, tyranny, and simultaneous war on both the east and west. Rome is deeply in trouble.
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The family of Severus brings their own particular brand of family bonding to the shores of our island.
Busts of Caracalla, kept at the MET in NYC, where he’s showing his winning personality.
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Ok, this one is pretty heavy on Roman intrigue. But it’s necessary to get us to the all the fun stuff in the next one. And besides, while much of what occurs in this episode is on the continent, it is still heavily influenced by the legions in Britannia. So it still counts as British History, right?
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Today we’ve got Antoninus, Marcus Aurelias, Russell Crowe… we’ve got it all!
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A bust of Marcus Aurelias from the MET in NYC.
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Rome is going to start expanding her borders. Why? Because why not? Well, it’s actually a little more complicated than that, and we’re going to get into it in this episode. Consequently, Emperor Antoninus will build his own wall in Britain far beyond Emperor Hadrian’s Wall. These Romans were nothing if not competitive. We will have to see what the people of Britain think of this.
A bust of Antoninus Pius from the MET in NYC.
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