In today's episode we discuss 3 Roman Triumph's with Jackie. We lean on her expertise to discuss the art and material culture represented in the respective triumph's.

For more information Pompey's Triumph, please check out 'Plutarch's Lives,' and Pliny the Elder's Natural History.

For more information on Caesar's quadruple triumph, please check out Suetonius' Life of Caesar and Cassius Dio's 'Roman History.'

For more information on the joint Flavian Triumph, please read Josephus and Cassius Dio.

If you can, and are able, please visit the Roman Forum and take a gander at the Arch of Titus. Breathtakingly amazing!

Happy Father's Day! Today we're joining the Lost Roman Heroes Podcast and talking about, then ranking, the best and worst Roman dad's. This was a lot of fun. Tell us in the comments if you want to see more content like this in the future.

In today's episode we discuss an enigmatic funerary inscription, from a husband to a wife, that has been in the process recovery in bits and pieces throughout Italy. It tells an epic, harrowing tale of love, selfless acts and heroics. Ironically, we don't know the identities of the husband and wife. We're talking about just how dangerous this woman was,, and we're also talking about educated guesses from the pro's on identities.

To read the full translated text of this remarkable ancient love letter and historical document, you can explore the Laudatio funebris quae dicitur Turiae English translation provided by the Université Grenoble Alpes. For a deeper academic breakdown of the text, historical context, and the turbulent era in which it was written, refer to the Escholars Open Access Study.