{"podcast":{"title":"Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast","slug":"autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332","podcast_index_feed_id":6816332,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e838e3a0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.autocratpodcast.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38860424/38860424-1726953607732-5f477ff75c235.jpg","author":"Vince and Cassie","episode_count":142,"summary":"A relaxed journey through Roman history and mythology, hopefully with plenty of tangents, sidebars and interesting distractions along the way. Our goal- even if it ends up being unrealised- is to journey from the Theogony all the way to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and beyond. This show is just for fun, and we hope you have fun with it too!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T10:20:56.628272+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332"},"episode":{"title":"112- Bridgebuilder","slug":"112-bridgebuilder","published_at":"2026-08-01T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/112-bridgebuilder","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/autocrat/episodes/112--Bridgebuilder-e3mlkhc","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e838e3a0/podcast/play/123441132/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-28%2Fc76f341b-940e-fde8-7720-8b8de4c0e847.mp3","summary":"We look at the reign of Ancus Marcius a second time- this time around from a civil perspective rather than all the punching. Join us for bridges, forcible deportations leading to city growth, hills being added, and a man called Lucumo who claims descent from Hercules/Heracles. Time period : 640- 616 BCE Relevant individuals : Ancus Marcius, 4th King of Rome; Lucius Tarquinius, commander of the cavalry Sources for this episode: Appian (1972), Appian's Roman History in Four Volumes (Volume I). London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press. Cassius Dio (1961), Dio's Roman History (Volume I). Translated by E. Cary. London 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. Eutropius (1760), Eutropius: Epitome of the Roman History. London: Printed for W. Johnston et al . Livy (1971), The Early History of Rome. Translated by A. de Selincourt. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. Matyszak, P. (2008), Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. Orosius (1936), History Against the Pagans. Translated by I. W. Raymond. Available at Attalus. Sextus Aurelius Victor (1825), Galerie Romaine, ou les Hommes Illustres de Rome et les Cesars. Translate by A. Caillot. Paris. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Tarquinia gens (online) (Accessed 03/11/2026).","meta_description":"We look at the reign of Ancus Marcius a second time- this time around from a civil perspective rather than all the punching. Join us for bridges, forcible…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":871,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/episodes/112-bridgebuilder/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/112-bridgebuilder.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}