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Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
Hosted by Rob and Jamie · EN
Rating all the emperors of Rome in the history of the Roman Empire (sort of)
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S2 Round 3
Sep 16, 202301:17:42Tap to summarizeNext round! And in this we have Season two top scorer Basil II against shepherd boy Leo II, the Reluctant Emperor Theodosius III, and the two emperors in exile - Theodore and John III! Who will win? Find out! Also, a look at the most and least successful emperors of the series!
Transcribe →103 Tiberius III
Oct 20, 2018Tap to summarizeOk, so Leontius was not up to much, but surely Tiberius III will do something, anything, of note while Justinian No-Nose was on his little holiday? Anything at all? Anything?
Transcribe →93 Tiberius II
Jun 2, 2018Tap to summarizeSo the empire is at war once again with Persia, Italy is being settle y Lombards and the Avars are causing trouble. Oh, and the empror's as mad as box of frogs. But wait! who is this dazzling young man? look at that chin! those eyes! phwooor, I bet he knows how to emperor...
Transcribe →75 Valentinian III
Sep 2, 2017Tap to summarizeIt's all going wrong! It's all going wrong! Here is poor Valentinian, trying his hardest (well, at least his mother is) and his generals are doing nothing to stop the barbarians, they are too busy fighting amongst themselves. Britain has gone, Spain is going, Africa is going, Gaul is going, What is left? The empire is about to fall! Wait, who's this? Is that, no it can't be, is that Atilla the Hun? Oh £%@*.
Transcribe →74 Theodosius II
Aug 26, 2017Tap to summarizeIt all started so well... The walls were built, the persians fought off, the grain shipments sorted, the university founded, the law code created, everything was looking so good. But who's this coming over the hill? He looks scary. And he has a simple, but chilling demand. 'Give me gold, or I will crush you and everything you love - or my name isn't Atilla the Hun'. Oh dear...
Transcribe →03 Tiberius
May 14, 2016Tap to summarizeTiberius is considered to be the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th worst emperor of all time. Is this justified? Or was he just a lonely man with the weight of the world on his shoulders and an excel spread sheet? Also find out: Who was given a pet rock! Who Fought all the battles now Agrippa is dead! Who holds the Roman land speed record! Who keeps killing everyone! & Much much more...
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