Early morning. 11th of January, 49 BC/E. Gaius Julius Caesar stands on the banks of the Rubicon River separating the province of Cisalpine Gaul from Italy. He ponders what crossing it will mean - war against his fellow Romans and all the misery that ensues. Invading his homeland he officially becomes a Public Enemy. Town after town, region after region falls to the Caesarean forces. Rome is in tumult, Pompey and the Senate abandon it and with their conscripted soldiers leave Italy for Greece. Caesar, unable to stop them makes this war affect the entire Roman world and beyond. Meanwhile Cato, assigned to Sicily to control the grain supply for the Republicans, grows deeply disillusioned wit the war he helped engineer.   

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Sources 

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)

The Gallic War - Julius Caesar (Folio Society) trans. S.A Handford and Jane F. Gardner

The Civil War – Julius Caesar (Oxford Classics) trans. John Carter

 The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)

The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)

Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius 

Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger – Plutarch trans. Rex Warner

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome – Guy de la Bedoyere

Fiction

Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) – Robert Harris

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

Early morning. 11th of January, 49 BC/E. Gaius Julius Caesar stands on the banks of the Rubicon River separating the province of Cisalpine Gaul from Italy. He ponders what crossing it will mean - war against his fellow Romans and all the misery that ensues. Invading his homeland he officially becomes a Public Enemy. Town after town, region after region falls to the Caesarean forces. Rome is in tumult, Pompey and the Senate abandon it and with their conscripted soldiers leave Italy for Greece. Caesar, unable to stop them makes this war affect the entire Roman world and beyond.&nbsp;Meanwhile Cato, assigned to Sicily to control the grain supply for the Republicans, grows deeply disillusioned wit the war he helped engineer.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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Sources&nbsp;
Primary Sources
The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)
The Gallic War - Julius Caesar (Folio Society) trans. S.A Handford and Jane F. Gardner
The Civil War &ndash; Julius Caesar (Oxford Classics) trans. John Carter
&nbsp;The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)
The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)
Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius&nbsp;
Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger &ndash; Plutarch trans. Rex Warner
Secondary Sources
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
In the Name of Rome &ndash; Adrian Goldsworthy
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome &ndash; Guy de la Bedoyere
Fiction
Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) &ndash; Robert Harris
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
TV Series
Rome &ndash; 2005-6 (HBO)
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

YAP Radio Show - Caesar vs. Cato 9: Public Enemy_2026-05-28

The Years of 51 BC/E to 10 January 49 BC/E were some of the most critical of the Roman Republic. Caesar is due to return from Gaul, Cato eagerly await this homecoming so they can haul him off to court for innumerable illegalities. Despite this Caesar has some cards to play to avoid that bleak future. will that be enough to safeguard his achievements, his person, his dignitas (the esteem he holds in eyes of his fellow Romans)? The answer will be the difference between a political war and a military war.

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Opening Reading - Appian, The Civil Wars Book II.31 

Sources

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)

The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar

 The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)

The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)

Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius 

Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

Lawless Republic - Josiah Osgood

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough 

Caesar - Colleen McCullough 

Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) - Robert Harris

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

The Years of 51 BC/E to 10 January 49 BC/E were some of the most critical of the Roman Republic. Caesar is due to return from Gaul, Cato eagerly await this homecoming so they can haul him off to court for innumerable illegalities. Despite this Caesar has some cards to play to avoid that bleak future. will that be enough to safeguard his achievements, his person, his&nbsp;dignitas (the esteem he holds in eyes of his fellow Romans)? The answer will be the difference between a political war and a military war.
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Opening Reading - Appian, The Civil Wars Book II.31&nbsp;
Sources
Primary Sources
The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)
The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar
&nbsp;The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)
The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)
Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius&nbsp;
Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch
Secondary Sources
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
Lawless Republic - Josiah Osgood
In the Name of Rome &ndash; Adrian Goldsworthy
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp;
Caesar - Colleen McCullough&nbsp;
Cicero Trilogy (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) - Robert Harris
TV Series
Rome &ndash; 2005-6 (HBO)
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

YAP Radio Show - Caesar vs Cato 9: Pushing It_2026-05-21

Your Attention Please Presents On Flicks where this week we review the 1983 Bollywood film Masoom. Where an idyllic family life is thrown into chaos when it deals with the arrival of a child who is a product of the father's infidelity. From its heart-rendering content, the power of its musical numbers this controversial film deserves to be analysed. Unfortunately, I am barely able to do it justice in the short time we have. Don't worry, we plan to remedy this with an upcoming podcast that takes a deeper dive into this and some other topics - we are thinking of calling it AVX Uncut. Let us know what you think on yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au   

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Sources

Masoom (1983)

The Story of Film - Mark Cousins

 

Your Attention Please Presents On Flicks where this week we review the 1983 Bollywood film&nbsp;Masoom. Where an idyllic family life is thrown into chaos when it deals with the arrival of a child who is a product of the father's infidelity. From its heart-rendering content, the power of its musical numbers this controversial film deserves to be analysed. Unfortunately, I am barely able to do it justice in the short time we have. Don't worry, we plan to remedy this with an upcoming podcast that takes a deeper dive into this and some other topics - we are thinking of calling it AVX Uncut. Let us know what you think on yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au&nbsp; &nbsp;
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Sources
Masoom (1983)
The Story of Film - Mark Cousins
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YAP Radio Show - On Flicks: Masoom_2026-05-14

Vercingetorix sets off a Gallic-wide revolt but Caesar's ambitions are not that easily brushed aside. Back in Rome, well technically outside of Rome, Clodius encounters Milo and ends up murdered. His body when brought back to the city sparks hysterical scenes of mourning and inevitable riots. This results in the Senate House burned to a crisp. Pompey is made sole consul to quell the disorder and is now married to the conservatively connected Cornelia Scipionis. Cato eyes him as less an enemy than a potential counter-weight to the rising power and influence of Caesar.  

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Sources

Primary Sources

Appian – The Civil Wars (Penguin)

The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar

Sallust - The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy (Penguin)

Cassius Dio (Books 36-40) - The Fall of the Roman Republic (Oxford Classics)

Suetonuis - Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) 

Plutarch - Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Cicero: A Lawless Republic - Josiah Osgood

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

The Patrician Tribune – W. Jeffrey Archer 

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome – Guy de la Bedoyere

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

 

Vercingetorix sets off a Gallic-wide revolt but Caesar's ambitions are not that easily brushed aside. Back in Rome, well technically outside of Rome, Clodius encounters Milo and ends up murdered. His body when brought back to the city sparks hysterical scenes of mourning and inevitable riots. This results in the Senate House burned to a crisp. Pompey is made sole consul to quell the disorder and is now married to the conservatively connected Cornelia Scipionis. Cato eyes him as less an enemy than a potential counter-weight to the rising power and influence of Caesar.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Sources
Primary Sources
Appian &ndash; The Civil Wars (Penguin)
The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar
Sallust - The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy (Penguin)
Cassius Dio (Books 36-40) - The Fall of the Roman Republic (Oxford Classics)
Suetonuis - Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar)&nbsp;
Plutarch - Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger
Secondary Sources
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Cicero: A Lawless Republic - Josiah Osgood
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
The Patrician Tribune &ndash; W. Jeffrey Archer&nbsp;
In the Name of Rome &ndash; Adrian Goldsworthy
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome &ndash; Guy de la Bedoyere
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
TV Series
Rome &ndash; 2005-6 (HBO)
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au
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YAP Radio Show - Caesar vs Cato 8: P*mps of Empire_2026-05-07

It is mid-56 BCE. Our triumvirs meet in the Tuscan town of Luca to renew their alliance. Pompey and Crassus subsequently become joint-consuls for the second time in 55 BCE. They prolong Caesar's Gallic command for 5 more years. But this is the high-point - disasters beckon. Crassus, desirous of military glory comparable to his compatriots takes the province of Syria where he decides to make war against the Parthian Empire. Taking over 40,000 soldiers he meets a Parthian army less than half his size near the town of Carrhae. He perishes along with his son and over three-quarters of his men. Pompey's wife and Caesar's daughter, Julia dies in childbirth losing her son in the process. In mourning Caesar's enemies, in the form of a young Gallic commander, Vercingetorix and the irrepressible Cato sense an opening.   

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Sources 

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)

The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar

 The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)

The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)

Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius 

Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome – Guy de la Bedoyere

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

 

It is mid-56 BCE. Our triumvirs meet in the Tuscan town of Luca to renew their alliance. Pompey and Crassus subsequently become joint-consuls for the second time in 55 BCE. They prolong Caesar's Gallic command for 5 more years. But this is the high-point - disasters beckon. Crassus, desirous of military glory comparable to his compatriots takes the province of Syria where he decides to make war against the Parthian Empire. Taking over 40,000 soldiers he meets a Parthian army less than half his size near the town of Carrhae. He perishes along with his son and over three-quarters of his men. Pompey's wife and Caesar's daughter, Julia dies in childbirth losing her son in the process. In mourning Caesar's enemies, in the form of a young Gallic commander, Vercingetorix and the irrepressible Cato sense an opening.&nbsp; &nbsp;
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Sources&nbsp;
Primary Sources
The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguins)
The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar
&nbsp;The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)
The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)
Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius&nbsp;
Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch
Secondary Sources
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
In the Name of Rome &ndash; Adrian Goldsworthy
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome &ndash; Guy de la Bedoyere
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
TV Series
Rome &ndash; 2005-6 (HBO)
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au
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YAP Radio Show - Caesar vs Cato 7: The Honeymoon is Over _2026-04-30

Cesar arrives in Gaul and embarks on a War of Conquest. Meanwhile in Rome, the irrepressible Clodius now Tribune of the Plebs takes charge, banishing Cicero and Cato from the city, recruiting a private gang and expanding the grain dole (the annonae) to the populace. He now turns his metaphorical guns against Pompey, attacking his Eastern settlements. The arrival of the deposed ruler of Egypt Ptolemy XII Auletes (the flute player) and Berenice IV, the current Queen's envoys brings their dynastic feud onto the streets of Rome with fatal consequences. Things are heating up!  

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Sources

Primary Sources

The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguin)

The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar

 The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)

The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)

Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius 

Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch

Secondary Sources

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

In the Name of Rome – Adrian Goldsworthy

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome – Guy de la Bedoyere

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

TV Series

Rome – 2005-6 (HBO)

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

Cesar arrives in Gaul and embarks on a War of Conquest. Meanwhile in Rome, the irrepressible Clodius now Tribune of the Plebs takes charge, banishing Cicero and Cato from the city, recruiting a private gang and expanding the grain dole (the annonae) to the populace. He now turns his metaphorical guns against Pompey, attacking his Eastern settlements. The arrival of the deposed ruler of Egypt Ptolemy XII Auletes (the flute player) and Berenice IV, the current Queen's envoys brings their dynastic feud onto the streets of Rome with fatal consequences. Things are heating up!&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Sources
Primary Sources
The Civil Wars - Appian (Penguin)
The Gallic Wars - Julius Caesar
&nbsp;The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy - Sallust (Penguin)
The Fall of the Roman Republic (Books 36-40) - Cassius Dio (Oxford Classics)
Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) - Suetonius&nbsp;
Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger - Plutarch
Secondary Sources
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
In the Name of Rome &ndash; Adrian Goldsworthy
The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome &ndash; Guy de la Bedoyere
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
TV Series
Rome &ndash; 2005-6 (HBO)
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

YAP Radio Show - Cato vs. Caesar 6: While Gaul Bleeds_2026-04-23

Today Your Attention Please welcomes Amber from Youth Vision, a sister Alive 90.5 FM radio show. Her show delves into what is shaping the lives of our youth today from art to tech, mental health and much more. I think it is important when telling stories to interact with people from various backgrounds and the youth demographic has traditionally been a vital for the driving of artistic taste and movements. Hope you enjoy as we get into everything from high school cliques, the manosphere, technology and platforms and hopefully shed some misconceptions.   

Note: This is a partial continuation of the collaborative show I did with Amber on Youth Vision dated 29 March 2026. So check out her show on iHeart or on alive905.com.au 

 

Today Your Attention Please welcomes Amber from Youth Vision, a sister Alive 90.5 FM radio show. Her show delves into what is shaping the lives of our youth today from art to tech, mental health and much more. I think it is important when telling stories to interact with people from various backgrounds and the youth demographic has traditionally been a vital for the driving of artistic taste and movements. Hope you enjoy as we get into everything from high school cliques, the manosphere, technology and platforms and hopefully shed some misconceptions.&nbsp; &nbsp;
Note: This is a partial continuation of the collaborative show I did with Amber on Youth Vision dated 29 March 2026. So check out her show on iHeart or on alive905.com.au&nbsp;
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YAP Radio Show - Youth Vision Collab feat. Amber_2026-04-16

J.U.D.A.S. A name synonymous with the worst type of villainy, betrayal. This episode we look into the original story of Judas Iscariot, the discipline who double-crossed his master. We are leaving historicity aside and focussing on deconstructing the aspects of the narrative and its relationship to the portrayal of villains. Lastly we look at the afterlife of Judas. Note: This episode will be pared with a future episode on the Gospel of Judas Iscariot.  

Sources:

The Bible - King James Version

The Gospel of Judas Iscariot - Bart D. Ehrman

 

J.U.D.A.S. A name synonymous with the worst type of villainy, betrayal. This episode we look into the original story of Judas Iscariot, the discipline who double-crossed his master. We are leaving historicity aside and focussing on deconstructing the aspects of the narrative and its relationship to the portrayal of villains. Lastly we look at the afterlife of Judas. Note: This episode will be pared with a future episode on the Gospel of Judas Iscariot.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sources:
The Bible - King James Version
The Gospel of Judas Iscariot - Bart D. Ehrman
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YAP Radio Show - Judas: The Archetypal Villain_2026-04-09

59 BC. The Consulship of Caesar and Bibulus. Caesar obtains high office after forgoing his Triumph. Cato and the boni attempt their usual methods of interference to stop Caesar's legislative agenda but realise their target is willing to resort to violence and is supported by Pompey and Crassus to boot! Intimidated, the Senate refuses to side with Cato. Consequently, Bibulus retires to his home for the rest of the year to look at the stars for celestial disagreement, and write reports of his findings with some first rate mudslinging that will be read out to the populace on a daily basis. Pompey has married Caesar's daughter Julia. At the end of the year Caesar will govern 3 provinces (the two Gauls and Illyricum) for a period of 5 years, an unprecedented post-consular command. Before he leaves he unleashes Publius Claudius who coverts to his even darker alter-ego Clodius, his target...Cicero.  

Sources 

Cassius Dio (Books 36-40) - The Fall of the Roman Republic

Suetonuis - Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) 

Plutarch - Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Cicero: A Lawless Republic - Josiah Osgood

Pompey the Great – Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

Photo: The modern ruins of the Roman Forum, Rome. 

59 BC. The Consulship of Caesar and Bibulus. Caesar obtains high office after forgoing his Triumph. Cato and the&nbsp;boni attempt their usual methods of interference to stop Caesar's legislative agenda but realise their target is willing to resort to violence and is supported by Pompey and Crassus to boot! Intimidated, the Senate refuses to side with Cato. Consequently, Bibulus retires to his home for the rest of the year to look at the stars for celestial disagreement, and write reports of his findings with some first rate mudslinging that will be read out to the populace on a daily basis. Pompey has married Caesar's daughter Julia. At the end of the year Caesar will govern 3 provinces (the two Gauls and Illyricum) for a period of 5 years, an unprecedented post-consular command. Before he leaves he unleashes Publius Claudius who coverts to his even darker alter-ego Clodius, his target...Cicero.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Sources&nbsp;
Cassius Dio (Books 36-40) - The Fall of the Roman Republic
Suetonuis - Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar)&nbsp;
Plutarch - Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Cicero: A Lawless Republic - Josiah Osgood
Pompey the Great &ndash; Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au
Photo: The modern ruins of the Roman Forum, Rome.&nbsp;

YAP Radio Show - Cato vs. Caesar 5: The Consulship of Julius & Caesar_2026-04-02

What will happen to the Catiline Conspirators as Caesar and Cato lead the debate in the Senate? Even after this crisis, there looms the threat of Pompey returning from the East bearing gifts and a lot of veterans, keen to claim their rewards. Cato now holding office is determined to frustrate him in yet another contest of wills. As for Caesar he is enveloped in a scandal, as the unruly Publius Claudius violates the sanctity of a women's only religious festival dressed as a flute girl. We are entering Roman soap opera territory! 

Sources 

Sallust - The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy

Cassius Dio (Books 36-40) - The Fall of the Roman Republic

Suetonuis - Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar) 

Plutarch - Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger

Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood

Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero - Josiah Osgood

Pompey the Great - Robin Seager

Caesar - Mattias Gelzer

Before Augustus - Natale Barca 

Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula 

Fiction

Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough   

iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/

OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please

Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

What will happen to the Catiline Conspirators as Caesar and Cato lead the debate in the Senate? Even after this crisis, there looms the threat of Pompey returning from the East bearing gifts and a lot of veterans, keen to claim their rewards. Cato now holding office is determined to frustrate him in yet another contest of wills. As for Caesar he is enveloped in a scandal, as the unruly Publius Claudius violates the sanctity of a women's only religious festival dressed as a flute girl. We are entering Roman soap opera territory!&nbsp;
Sources&nbsp;
Sallust - The Jugurthine Wars | The Catiline Conspiracy
Cassius Dio (Books 36-40) - The Fall of the Roman Republic
Suetonuis - Lives of the Caesars (Julius Caesar)&nbsp;
Plutarch - Lives of Cicero | Julius Caesar | Cato the Younger
Uncommon Wrath - Josiah Osgood
Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero - Josiah Osgood
Pompey the Great - Robin Seager
Caesar - Mattias Gelzer
Before Augustus - Natale Barca&nbsp;
Cato the Younger - Fred Drogula&nbsp;
Fiction
Caesar's Women - Colleen McCullough&nbsp; &nbsp;
iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1300-your-attention-please-326046416/
OmnyStudio: https://omny.fm/shows/your-attention-please
Email: yourattentionplease@alive905.com.au

YAP Radio Shop - Cato vs Caesar 4: Roman Soapie _2026-03-26

Your Attention Please presents his passion for the arts, history and community through the lens of narrative creation, with a few related songs thrown into the mix.

Adriel, alias AVX is a recovering former corporate analyst whose storytelling compulsion has led him on a lasting filmmaking and writing odyssey both here and abroad.

Your Attention Please presents his passion for the arts, history and community through the lens of narrative creation, with a few related songs thrown into the mix.
Adriel, alias AVX is a recovering former corporate analyst whose storytelling compulsion has led him on a lasting filmmaking and writing odyssey both here and abroad.

Your Attention Please

Your Attention Please is a talk show that investigates the phenomena and proliferation of narratives and the art of storytelling across the ages. Join your host AVX, arecovering corporate warrior who has embarked on a new life in the arts on this journey!

So, if you fancy a deep dive into the cinematics arts or want to peruse the virtual shelf of global literature, debate history and how it is told or listen to the stories of community members – we will go there and beyond!

Your Attention Please is a talk show that investigates the phenomena and proliferation of narratives and the art of storytelling across the ages. Join your host AVX, a recovering corporate warrior who has embarked on a new life in the arts on this journey!
So, if you fancy a deep dive into the cinematics arts or want to peruse the virtual shelf of global literature, debate history and how it is told or listen to the stories of community members &ndash; we will go there and beyond!

Your Attention Please

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