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The ultimate triumvirate! Three people present three Roman history topics each for three minutes. In this episode you will hear:

- The unfortunate demise of Cinna the poet

- Cicero's reluctance to send panthers to those in need

- The sensitive subject of baldness

- PTSD bought on by the Carthaginian War

- Women donning a toga

- Claudius' edicts and defending 'stupidity'

- The last of the Ptolemys

- The hazard of regifting the world's largest apple

Guests:

Dr Rhiannon Evans (Senior Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History, La Trobe University)

Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University)