Overmorrow’s Library

S2E10 – Dr. Francesco Strocchi on life in the late Roman republic

Episode Summary

The second season of Overmorrow’s Library is dedicated to world-building, world-ending, and travel across worlds. Federico Campagna presents a new selection of books that might help us to appreciate the fragility of ‘worlds’, and the art of creating new ones through a particular use of our imagination. In this episode, Federico Campagna interviews Dr. Francesco Strocchi, author and scholar of Roman history, on the intellectual life of the late Roman Republic.

Episode Notes

Image credit: Roman coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar, issued in 42 BC