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LOST ROMAN HEROES

LOST ROMAN HEROES

By: Matteo & Matthew Storm
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Exploring the lives and times of lost Roman heroes, from Aeneas to Constantine the XI, the Marble Emperor, and ranking them for their cool hero-ness….Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. The Last Roman LLC. World
Episodes
  • Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 97: Gregory the Great (Part 2)

    Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 97: Gregory the Great (Part 2)
    Jun 14 2026
    Rome is an island in a Lombard sea. The emperor is in Constantinople, offering criticism instead of troops. The plague is killing people in the streets. And Gregory, the man who tried to flee his own election hidden in a wine cask, is the only one left to save it. In Part 2, we watch a reluctant monk become the de facto ruler of Italy, negotiate face-to-face with a Lombard king, and send a nervous monk to convert an England that Rome had abandoned for nearly two centuries. He fed the hungry, freed slaves by name, and kept the light burning when no one else would. He built the foundation of medieval civilization while thinking he was just keeping the ancient world alive. He never wanted the title. He never stopped earning it. The last man built from truly Roman parts, trying, until the very end, simply to be good, he wound up being truly Great.
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    55 mins
  • Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 96 - Gregory the Great (Part 1)

    Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 96 - Gregory the Great (Part 1)
    May 31 2026
    In 540 AD, Rome had thirty thousand people struggling to survive, living inside walls built for a million. Sheep grazed in the forums of Augustus and Trajan. Into this world was born one of the last great Roman aristocrats, a man who would give away his fortune, flee to a monastery, get sent to Constantinople, and spend six years politely chastising Emperor Mauricius, would would not listen, or did not care, about the forgotten children of the fallen Western Empire. This is Gregory the Great. Part 1.
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    43 mins
  • Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 95: Lost Roman Women with Ladies of Lore

    Lost Roman Heroes - Episode 95: Lost Roman Women with Ladies of Lore
    May 17 2026
    This week we're doing something a little different. We've joined forces with the wonderful Ladies of Lore, a podcast dedicated to the fierce, forgotten and fascinating women of history, mythology and folklore, to bring you three exceptional women who helped keep Rome alive when the men around them were dropping the ball. Galla Placidia, who survived sack, exile and captivity to rule the Western Empire. Anicia Juliana, who outmaneuvered an emperor to build the greatest church in Constantinople. And Theodora, who told a room full of panicking men exactly what she thought of running away. Three absolute powerhouses, to whom we owe a great debt, they defined Rome, they held the line, and yet were largely forgotten...
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    1 hr and 30 mins
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