{"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":"93- Messy Family Tree Time","slug":"93-messy-family-tree-time","published_at":"2025-12-21T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/93-messy-family-tree-time","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/autocrat/episodes/93--Messy-Family-Tree-Time-e3c444m","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e838e3a0/podcast/play/112381526/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-9%2F539484b5-d1fc-ec33-ad52-5838440cbda2.mp3","summary":"From about 1030 BCE, all of our sources about Alba Longa and its kings crumble into disagreement. Get ready for tales of heirs saving puppies in housefires, three kings at once, and whether the recording room of Autocrat is still haunted. Sources for this episode: Appian (1972), Appian’s Roman History in Four Volumes (Vol. 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 (Volume I). 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. 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. Author unknown (date unknown), Nuremberg Chronicle: being the Liber Chronicarum of Dr. Hartmann translated in English. Morse Library, Beloit College.","meta_description":"From about 1030 BCE, all of our sources about Alba Longa and its kings crumble into disagreement. Get ready for tales of heirs saving puppies in housefire…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":826,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/autocrat-a-roman-history-podcast-6816332/episodes/93-messy-family-tree-time/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-6816332/93-messy-family-tree-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}