{"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":134,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332"},"episode":{"title":"90- An Alban Fairytale Prince","slug":"90-an-alban-fairytale-prince","published_at":"2025-11-30T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/90-an-alban-fairytale-prince","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/autocrat/episodes/90--An-Alban-Fairytale-Prince-e3bcri6","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e838e3a0/podcast/play/111619078/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-24%2F12484df3-7d60-8a30-ee88-71de668a46c6.mp3","summary":"With Ascanius gone, his half-brother Silvius- the posthumous son of Aeneas and Lavinia- steps into the narrative. This week on Autocrat, a contested royal election, murky regency timelines, and the podcast hosts declaring war on Titus Livius. Would you be interested in a discussion on what the historical founding of Rome was like outside of its mythological origins? Let us know! 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. Dio (1961), Dio’s Roman History (Volume I). Translated by E. Cary. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press. Diodorus of Sicily (1993), The Library of History Books IV.59- VIII. Translated by C. H. Oldfather. 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. Livy (1971), The Early History of Rome. Translated by A. de Sélincourt. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. Meade, G. (2021), Romans, Religion and the Aid of the Gods: An Exploration of the Pontifex Maximus in Roman Society. Portland State University: University Honors Theses: 1035. Ovid (1959), Ovid's Fasti. Translated by J. G. Frazer. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press. Ovid (1968), The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Translated by M. M. Innes. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. Sextus Aurelius Victor (2004), Origo Gentis Romanae: The Origin of the Roman Race. Translated by K. Haniszewski, L. Karas, K. Koch, E. Parobek, C. Pratt and B. Se…","meta_description":"With Ascanius gone, his half-brother Silvius- the posthumous son of Aeneas and Lavinia- steps into the narrative. This week on Autocrat, a contested royal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1368,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/episodes/90-an-alban-fairytale-prince/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-6816332/90-an-alban-fairytale-prince.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}