{"podcast":{"title":"Emperors of Rome","slug":"emperors-of-rome-1057029","podcast_index_feed_id":1057029,"rss_url":"https://www.latrobe.edu.au/marketing/assets/podcasts/rssfeeds/caesar.xml","website_url":"http://www.latrobe.edu.au","image_url":"http://www.latrobe.edu.au/marketing/assets/podcasts/images/emperors.jpg","author":"La Trobe University","episode_count":272,"summary":"“Great empires are not maintained by timidity.” - Tacitus. A podcast series looking at the rulers of the ancient Roman empire, by Dr Rhiannon Evans, Dr Caillan Davenport and Matt Smith.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T04:19:49.535524+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emperors-of-rome-1057029"},"episode":{"title":"Anthology of Interest IV","slug":"anthology-of-interest-iv","published_at":"2025-12-09T05:27:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emperors-of-rome-1057029/anthology-of-interest-iv","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emperors-of-rome-1057029","url":"https://www.latrobe.edu.au/marketing/assets/podcasts/emperors/251209-aoiiv.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.latrobe.edu.au/marketing/assets/podcasts/emperors/251209-aoiiv.mp3","summary":"Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport, Matt Smith and special guest William Dalrymple share items of Roman interest! You will hear: - A phoenix in the forum - The unknown Queens of Rome - The Roman perception of elephants - Trade between India and Rome - The low bar of Roman insults - The false female centurion - What Emperors called themselves - An accurate population of Pompeii - The false Theodosius - Sallust and ethnic etymology in North Africa Episode CCL(250) Guests: Associate Professor Rhiannon Evans (Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University) Professor Caillan Davenport (Centre for Classical Studies, Australian National University)) William Dalrymple (Esteemed author and host of Empire podcast)","meta_description":"Rhiannon Evans, Caillan Davenport, Matt Smith and special guest William Dalrymple share items of Roman interest! You will hear: - A phoenix in the forum -…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3146,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/emperors-of-rome-1057029/episodes/anthology-of-interest-iv/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emperors-of-rome-1057029/anthology-of-interest-iv.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}