Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Greg Aldrete and I discuss the historical accuracy of HBO's Rome.
I explore HBO's Rome in more detail on the Toldinstone Patreon: patreon.com/toldinstone
Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast
Chapters
0:00 Before HBO's Rome
2:29 The influence of Gladiator
4:06 Historical consultants
6:46 Grand narrative
13:03 Julius Caesar
15:04 Octavian
20:28 Roman women
25:15 Other characters
32:14 The city of Rome
38:07 Politics
45:15 Religion
52:45 Influence of HBO's Rome
In this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Greg Aldrete and I discuss the historical accuracy of HBO's Rome.
I explore HBO's Rome in more detail on the Toldinstone Patreon: patreon.com/toldinstone
Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast
Chapters
0:00 Before HBO's Rome
2:29 The influence of Gladiator
4:06 Historical consultants
6:46 Grand narrative
13:03 Julius Caesar
15:04 Octavian
20:28 Roman women
25:15 Other characters
32:14 The city of Rome
38:07 Politics
45:15 Religion
52:45 Influence of HBO's Rome
![[ASMR] Separating two Roman coins stuck together for 1,700 years](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VpAeHy9Xou0/mqdefault.jpg "[ASMR] Separating two Roman coins stuck together for 1,700 years
In a lot of uncleaned coins, I received these two small bronzes (AE3) of Constantius II, which had apparently been stuck together since antiquity. In this video, I separate them with a scalpel blade and clean off some of the dirt encrusting their surfaces.
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