The Histolumo podcast

Roman History Stories

The story of ancient Rome, from Romulus to the emperors, told by Lumo, an immortal wolf with a grudge. Each episode is one full chapter of Roman history with cinematic sound.

Meet Lumo: the trailer

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Histolumo podcast cover: a wolf in front of burning Roman columns

Rome, part by part

One chapter per episode, told in order, from the river to the emperors.

  1. Part 1

    Romulus, Remus and the Founding of Rome

    Two baby boys in a basket, and one wolf who should have kept walking. Lumo raises the founders of Rome, and watches one brother kill the other.

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    Numa, Tarquin and the Kings of Rome After Romulus

    A king who said no to the crown. A queen who kept a dead man on the throne. A daughter who drove her chariot over her own father.

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    Lucretia, Brutus and the End of the Roman Kings

    A man pretends to be an idiot for years. A woman's death starts a revolution. One soldier holds a bridge.

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    Plebeians vs Patricians and the Twelve Tables of Rome

    One morning, Rome wakes up empty. The workers and the soldiers have walked out, and they refuse to come back.

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    The Gauls, the Samnite Wars and Pyrrhus Against Rome

    The Gauls burn Rome to the ground. Pyrrhus wins battle after battle and still goes home beaten. Rome takes notes.

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    Hannibal Barca and the Punic War That Almost Ended Rome

    Elephants over the Alps. Three Roman armies destroyed in three years. Then the slow hunt for the one man Rome feared.

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    The Destruction of Carthage and How Winning Everything Ruined Rome

    Carthage is wiped off the map. Slaves in Sicily crown a prophet. Rome has won the world, and it is rotting from the inside.

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    The Gracchi, Marius, Sulla and Spartacus: Rome at War with Itself

    Two brothers are murdered for trying to help the poor. Marius and Sulla turn the legions on Rome. Then seventy gladiators start a war.

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    Caesar, Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic

    Cicero exposes a conspiracy. Three men carve up the Republic with a handshake. Caesar crosses a small river.

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    Augustus, Caligula, Nero and the Roman Emperors to Marcus Aurelius

    Two hundred years of emperors: the careful one, the cruel one, the mad one, and the one who sang while people died.

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