S1E9 - Honey, I Killed the Kids!
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S1E9 - Honey, I Killed the Kids!
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What does a popular politician, a noble girl, and a petty thief in early Republican Rome have in common? According to our sources, they were all killed by their fathers with "just cause," reasons which, as it turns out, are less than persuasive to modern ears. My guest this month is Janan Perkins, an MA student at UC Boulder studying all sorts of catastrophes in the Ancient Mediterranean world. She'll take us through the writings of four ancient historians, who document different cases of a father killing his child without suffering any consequences, and will lay out the difficulties that each source presents, because let's just say that when Livy sat down to write, a good story was not the only thing he wished to pen. So, grab a drink, grab a pencil, and get ready to learn about how to get away with murder: the Roman edition.