{"podcast":{"title":"The Partial Historians","slug":"the-partial-historians-1084922","podcast_index_feed_id":1084922,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67e2e3b05926376d2a9d0de8","website_url":"https://partialhistorians.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67e2e3b05926376d2a9d0de8/show-cover.jpg","author":"The Partial Historians","episode_count":214,"summary":"Join Dr Rad and Dr G as we discuss, spar, and laugh our way through different aspects of the ancient Roman world! Our main series 'From the Foundation of the City' follows Roman history year by year from the traditional foundation date of 753 BCE. We also interview academics and specialists from around the globe for their insights into history and the representation of Rome and the ancient Mediterranean in popular culture. Dr Fiona Radford is an expert on Rome on film and wrote her thesis on Kubrick’s Spartacus. Dr Radford is exponent of not only Ancient History, but also Reception Studies. Dr Peta Greenfield is an expert on the Vestal Virgins. Dr Greenfield’s research interests include: religion and politics in Rome, the late republic and Augustan period, and the role of women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T18:17:25.618052+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922"},"episode":{"title":"The Emperor Julian with Jeremy Swist","slug":"the-emperor-julian-with-jeremy-swist","published_at":"2026-05-28T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922/the-emperor-julian-with-jeremy-swist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922","url":"https://partialhistorians.com/2026/05/28/the-emperor-julian-with-jeremy-swist/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67e2e3b05926376d2a9d0de8/e/69a3a502a9760df1fb0b3dc0/media.mp3","summary":"The Emperor Julian with Jeremy Swist We are thrilled to welcome Assistant Professor Jeremy Swist back to the show to discuss all things emperor Julian! Julian’s rule as Roman emperor was short, but it also created quite a stir because Julian was keen to turn Rome away from Christianity and to bring back the paganism. How did he do it? Why did he do it? And what’s the legacy that he left behind? We consider the details. Jeremy Swist has a PhD in Classics from the University of Iowa, and his research interests include imperial Greek and Roman historiography and rhetoric, late antiquity, classical reception in heavy metal music. He is currently Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Michigan State University. Jeremy has published and presented extensively, and he has a particular interest in the intersection of heavy metal music and the classical world - we suggest you check out his blog, Heavy Metal Classicist , or our previous episode with him to find out more . In 2024, he translated and produced a dramatic reading of the Emperor Julian's Symposium of the Caesars , which starred some of the finest podcasters and actors in the WORLD! (Maybe us) The Emperor Julian, who ruled Rome between 361 and 363 CE, is one of Jeremy’s great passions, and we are thrilled to talk to him about his new volume on this unusual ruler. The book is published by Oxford University Press and is entitled Julian Augustus: Platonism, Myth, and the Refounding of Rome . Abstract from Oxford University Press “The Roman emperor Julian employed both words and deeds to return the empire to paganism and reverse Christianization, inspired by his conversion to the Neoplatonic philosophy and radical pagan Hellenism of Iamblichus, and promoted by his own production of Greek literature. These works presen…","meta_description":"The Emperor Julian with Jeremy Swist We are thrilled to welcome Assistant Professor Jeremy Swist back to the show to discuss all things emperor Julian! Ju…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3879,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-partial-historians-1084922/episodes/the-emperor-julian-with-jeremy-swist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partial-historians-1084922/the-emperor-julian-with-jeremy-swist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}