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A Pillock's Guide To British History10.1 | The Year Of The Four Emperors - the one where everyone wants to be in charge - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryNero is dead, and it got so bad after that people must have almost missed him. The Year Of The Four Emperors is exactly what it says on the tin.2018-06-2010 minA Pillock's Guide To British History10 | Britannia After Boudicca - The one where nobody knew what was going on - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryBritain was in a right ole state after Boudicca's rebellion. To be fair though Rome was in a bigger state by 69, in the Year Of The Four Emperors. Let's see how the Romans and the Britons coped with that.2018-06-1611 minA Pillock's Guide To British History9.1 | Emperor Nero - The one where everyone is proper horrible - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryYou've heard of Emperor Nero. We all have. We doubt it was good stuff you did hear. apart from him getting a decent tune out of a fiddle. Let's have a look at if he was as big a dickhead as he looked.2018-06-0717 min
A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryDifferent Types Of Monarchies - Denmark Bins Their Absolute Monarchy- 5th June 1849 - A Pillock's Guide To History On This Day1849 – Denmark sacks off their absolute monarchy and swaps it on for a far more manageable constitutional monarchy. So what is an absolute monarchy? For that matter what’s a constitutional monarchy? And do they still exist? Yeah, they do.
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Denmark gets itself a constitution and becomes a Constitutional Monarchy rather than an Absolute Monarchy. The monarch to sign up to that was Frederick VII. But why should you care? Well unless you are Danish, there’s no particular reason. But we are sad like that.
We think it’s important because an absolute monarchy is where the monarch, so...2018-06-0508 minA Pillock's Guide To British History9 | Boudica - The One Where Everyone Looks A Bit Rubbish - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThe Romans have been winding everyone up. Come 60 AD and Boudica was having none of it. She and her mates had a go at messing things up.2018-05-2822 minA Pillock's Guide To British History8.1 | Roman Religion - The One With Sad Times For Druids - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThe Romans loved a bit of religion. We are told they took it seriously, although if you see their gods, that's hard to believe. What they did take seriously was religions they didn't like. Ask the druids. Except you can't. The Romans wiped them out.2018-05-1119 minA Pillock's Guide To British History8 | Didius, Suetonius & Mad Druids - The One With A Terrible Divorce - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThe Romans are making progress, but it keeps going a bit wrong. From heroic sounding freedom fighters to tetchy divorces, the Britons are making it hard.2018-04-3010 minA Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThe Roman Army - The One With The Point Of The Roman Empire - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryRome was all about it's army. In fact the whole Empire feels like it was an army with some cities hanging off it. It made them terrible neighbors but a pretty successful civilisation. Who how was it organised?2018-04-2311 minA Pillock's Guide To British History7 | Scapula & Caractacus - The One With A Lucky King - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThe Romans have landed and they are here to stay. For a bit. So how did they get on cracking down on the Britons in the early years?2018-04-0314 minA Pillock's Guide To British History6.1 | Roman Citizenship. The One With Legal Chat & Torture - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryRoman citizenship was more contentious than European Union citizenship. We cover what it was, who got it and what it got you. It was pretty useful, if only as a handy bribe to the scroty regions of the Roman Empire. Like Britannia.2018-03-1212 min
A Pillock's Guide To British History6 | The Tribes Of Britain. The One With The Pre-Roman Geography - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryPre Roman Britain is a bit like English football before the Premier League. Loads must have happened, but nobody talks about it. To be fair, for pre-Roman Britain, that’s mostly because we don’t know all that much about it. So here’s what 21st Century Pillock could find.
Transcript – The Tribes Of Britain. The One With The Pre- Roman Geography
We finally have Roman Britain. They are here and they are here to stay. For a bit anyway. Hopefully, that won’t come to a surprise to anyone who was under the impression that Britain was still part of...2018-02-2413 min
A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThe Tribes Of Britain. The One With The Pre-Roman Geography - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryPre Roman Britain is a bit like English football before the Premier League. Loads must have happened, but nobody talks about it. To be fair, for pre-Roman Britain, that's mostly because we don't know all that much about it. So here's what 21st Century Pillock could find.Transcript – The Tribes Of Britain. The One With The Pre- Roman GeographyWe finally have Roman Britain. They are here and they are here to stay. For a bit anyway. Hopefully, that won’t come to a surprise to anyone who was under the impression that Britain was still part of the...2018-02-2413 minA Pillock's Guide To British History5.1 | Claudius As Roman Emperor. The One With The Breath Of Fresh Air - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryHas Rome got actually got themselves a decent Roman Emperor? Not only an effective Emperor but one who doesn't cause a civil war every 5 minutes? Don't get too excited though, it wasn't all beer and skittles in Claudius' Rome.2018-02-1518 minA Pillock's Guide To British History5 | Claudius Invades Britain - The One Where They Finally Get It Done - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryThere is a new emperor in town, and Claudius wants a piece of Britain. Finally. We were starting to think it was something we said. So why did Claudius finally get it done properly? How did he get it done? Was he a master of PR?2018-02-0320 minA Pillock's Guide To British History4.1 | Rome Between Julius Caesar And Claudius - The One With Terrible Emperors - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryJulius died and left the place in disarray. Octavian picks up the pieces and treats Rome to yet another civil war or two. The folk who survive that, have to put up with a bad paranoid emperor and a bad mentally unstable emperor. It's all gone to shit.2018-01-2821 minA Pillock's Guide To British History4 | Britain Between Julius & Claudius - The One Where No One Invades - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryJulius left Britain after invading twice and he didn't come back. What happened in the place after that? It's all a bit fuzzy, but one thing we can know is that no bugger did any exciting invading. Find out how exactly they didn't invade here.2018-01-1209 minA Pillock's Guide To British History3.1 | The End Of The Roman Republic | The One Where Julius Breaks Society - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryWhat happened to Julius and the Roman Republic after he invaded Britain? Quite a lot. Including a few civil wars and a shiny new Empire.
Transcript – The End Of The Roman Republic
We have spent a couple of episodes of our History of Britain with Julius Caesar. He features a bit in British history, but he was a bit more important for Rome. He was a massive nail in the coffin of the Roman Republic and brought about the Roman Empire. It doesn’t sound like a massive difference, but if you think about how that would go down...2018-01-0520 minA Pillock's Guide To British History3 | Julius Caesar Invades Britain (The Second Time) | The One With The Sort Of Victory - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryFollowing his first invasion in 55 BC, which he bollocksed up, would Julius’ second invasion in 54 BC go any better? Sort of, yeah. Both he and the Britons have a better showing this time.
Transcript – Julius Has A Second Go At Britain | The One With The Sort Of Victory
If you remember our earlier episode, Julius Caesar turned up and attacked some of the tribes in South East England in 55. He won, but it was a bit of a farce. Julius obviously knew this and decided to have another go as soon as possible in 54 BC. And to be fair...2017-12-2712 minA Pillock's Guide To British History2.1 | Roman Expansion Before 55 BC | The One Where They Fight Everybody - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryA look at how the Romans expanded from a settlement on a hill to being ready to have a go at messing up Celtic Britain.2017-12-2014 minA Pillock's Guide To British History2 | Julius Caesar Invades Britain (The First Time) | The One With The British Weather - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryJulius Caesar turns up in Britain for the first time. How did he plan it? How many men did he take? Is he a massive wuss? Answers: badly, loads, probably not2017-12-0611 minA Pillock's Guide To British History1.1 | Britain Before The Romans | The One With Loving Europe - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryWhat was going on before the Romans came to Britain? Who were the Celts? Who built Stonehenge? What is Doggerland? We go over all things ancient Britain, before the Romans turned up and took all our jobs.2017-11-2908 minA Pillock's Guide To British History1 | Why Julius Caesar Invaded Britain | The One With Greedy Romans - A Pillock's Guide To British HistoryRoman Britain might have kicked off in 55 BC when Julius Caesar planned his invasion. Why exactly did Julius and his Roman friends want to invade Britain? It turns ancient political leaders are just as selfish and twatty as their modern descendants. This episode goes over the reasons that the Romans wanted to launch that important era of British history; Roman Britan.
Transcript – Julius Caesar & Britain
In our first episode of the history of Britain, we look at Rome’s first crack at taking over the British Isles. Rome was founded in 753 BC, but it wasn’t until 55 BC that the...2017-11-2607 minA Pillock's Guide To British HistoryWhy Julius Caesar Invaded BritainRoman Britain might have kicked off in 55 BC when Julius Caesar planned his invasion. Why exactly did Julius and his Roman friends want to invade Britain? Well, it turns our ancient political leaders are just as selfish and twatty as their modern descendants. this episode goes over the reasons that the Romans wanted to launch that important era of British history; Roman Britain.
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