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** He makes a similar point about the emperor Domitian, who long had a terrible reputation based on the histories of the time. The problem is that those histories were written by members of the Senatorial class, and Domitian had nothing but open contempt for the Senate and ruled openly and unapologetically as a singular authoritarian figure.
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* RunningGag: Whenever something amusing or unexpected occurs, Duncan is liable to say, "then a funny thing happened" (a ShoutOut to ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'').
** Deaths that happened under mysterious circumstances are almost always blamed on Livia, no matter how many centuries after her own death they occurred.
** Deaths that happened under mysterious circumstances are almost always blamed on Livia, no matter how many centuries after her own death they occurred.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** Whenever something amusing or unexpected occurs, Duncan is liable to say, "then a funny thing happened" (a ShoutOut to ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'').
** Deaths that happened under mysterious circumstances are almost always [[Literature/IClaudius blamed onLivia, Livia]], no matter how many centuries after her own death they occurred.
** Whenever something amusing or unexpected occurs, Duncan is liable to say, "then a funny thing happened" (a ShoutOut to ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'').
** Deaths that happened under mysterious circumstances are almost always [[Literature/IClaudius blamed on
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Duncan followed ''The History of Rome'' with a sequel podcast, ''Podcast/{{Revolutions}},'' that began in 2013 and is finally approaching its end in 2022.
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Duncan followed ''The History of Rome'' with a sequel podcast, ''Podcast/{{Revolutions}},'' that began in 2013 and is finally approaching its end ended in 2022.
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* AntiClimax: Because Duncan ended the podcast with the deposition of the last western Roman Emperor, thus stopping well short of the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire and the very dramatic UsefulNotes/TheFallOfConstantinople, the end of the Western Roman Empire and the podcast as a whole is quite the anti-climax. The final episode is even called "Not with a bang, but with a whimper."
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* AntiClimax: Because Duncan ended the podcast with the deposition of the last western Roman Emperor, thus stopping well short of the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire and the very dramatic UsefulNotes/TheFallOfConstantinople, the end of the Western Roman Empire and the podcast as a whole is quite the anti-climax. The final episode is even called titled "Not with With a bang, Bang, but with With a whimper.Whimper."
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* TheDreaded: The Celts become this after they sack Rome in the early fourth century BC.
** Hannibal would take on this mantle when he invaded Italy.
** Hannibal would take on this mantle when he invaded Italy.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Podcast/TheHistoryOfByzantium'', narrated by Robin Pierson, which [[ImmediateSequel almost literally]] picks up where ''Rome'' leaves off to carry forward the story of the surviving eastern half of the empire (a.k.a. the UsefulNotes/ByzantineEmpire). Duncan himself makes a guest appearance on ''Byzantium'' for an interview and Q&A session.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Shortly after the last episode, "Mrs. ''The History of Rome''" gave [[https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2012/05/elliott-william-duncan.html birth to a baby boy.]]
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* TopTenList: As part of the Q&A in the 100th episode, Duncan ranked his top five best emperors and top five worst emperors:
** Top five best emperors[[note]]He also says that he would put Marcus Aurelius at 6, Vespasian at 7, Claudius at 10 and that Aurelian and Theodosius the Great is also up there.[[/note]]:
*** 5. Hadrian
*** 4. Constantine the Great
*** 3. Trajan
*** 2. Diocletian
*** 1. Augustus
** Top five worst emperors:
*** 5. Elagabalus
*** 4. Nero
*** 3. Caracalla
*** 2. Caligula
*** 1. Commodus
** Top five best emperors[[note]]He also says that he would put Marcus Aurelius at 6, Vespasian at 7, Claudius at 10 and that Aurelian and Theodosius the Great is also up there.[[/note]]:
*** 5. Hadrian
*** 4. Constantine the Great
*** 3. Trajan
*** 2. Diocletian
*** 1. Augustus
** Top five worst emperors:
*** 5. Elagabalus
*** 4. Nero
*** 3. Caracalla
*** 2. Caligula
*** 1. Commodus
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* ShortLivedBigImpact: Discussed, leading to Duncan comparing Aurelian to the concept of career vs. peak value in baseball to get the point across.
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* ShortLivedBigImpact: Discussed, leading Discussed during the reign of Aurelian, a short-lived emperor who nevertheless was highly successful at bringing some measure of stability to the Empire until his untimely death. Duncan comparing Aurelian to invokes the concept of career vs. peak value in baseball to get the point across.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xcSyXQI7s We already know it's in your head.]]]]
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* CivilWar: A frequent topic. Duncan even notes in the episode dealing with the final civil war between Octavian and Antony the sympathy he feels for the last generation of the Roman Republic, having suffered some form of continuous civil war or social turmoil since Marius and Sulla's first Civil War some 70 years prior.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: The fate of Decius, his body lost in a swampy battlefield.
