{"podcast":{"title":"The Pax Romana Podcast","slug":"the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386","podcast_index_feed_id":6582386,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e76256a0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://paxromanapodcast.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38719816/38719816-1729179050701-aec544dacce82.jpg","author":"Professor Colin Elliott","episode_count":115,"summary":"The assassination of Julius Caesar 2,000 years ago unleashed a wild era of Roman emperors, dark conspiracies, intense battles, economic booms and busts and profound religious shifts. Was this truly the Roman Empire's golden age? On the weekly Pax Romana Podcast, Historian Colin Elliott brings gripping stories from Roman history to life. Dive into history starting in episode 1 , or pick your poison from our catalogue: the birth of the empire in the Age of Augustus, Nero's Great Fire, the rise of Christianity, the wisdom and wars of Marcus Aurelius or the military chaos of the third century AD.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386"},"episode":{"title":"The Militarization of the Roman Empire - The Pax Romana Podcast 80","slug":"the-militarization-of-the-roman-empire-the-pax-romana-podcast-80","published_at":"2025-06-05T05:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386/the-militarization-of-the-roman-empire-the-pax-romana-podcast-80","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paxromanapodcast/episodes/The-Militarization-of-the-Roman-Empire---The-Pax-Romana-Podcast-80-e33qekd","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e76256a0/podcast/play/103675981/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-5-4%2F0c0375f6-f38e-ebf0-2cb2-507aafd034f5.mp3","summary":"The Roman Empire under Diocletian saw sweeping changes that reshaped its core. Provinces were reorganized and multiplied to tighten administrative control. The bureaucracy swelled, with tens of thousands of officials managing the sprawling empire. Peasants were bound to the land they worked, securing a steady flow of taxes and labor. Meanwhile, the military's reach deepened, its influence seeping into daily life. ⁠Donate: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/WZTWCMWCJJYFC⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ProfCPE⁠⁠ Buy Professor Elliott's newest book: ⁠⁠⁠ Pox Romana: The Plague that Shook the Roman World ⁠⁠⁠ .","meta_description":"The Roman Empire under Diocletian saw sweeping changes that reshaped its core. Provinces were reorganized and multiplied to tighten administrative control…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1295,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386/episodes/the-militarization-of-the-roman-empire-the-pax-romana-podcast-80/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-pax-romana-podcast-6582386/the-militarization-of-the-roman-empire-the-pax-romana-podcast-80.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}