Echoes of Empires
By Nick Holmes
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I can't reccemend this highly enough! This podcast is fantastic. All the best of Duncan's THoR & strong elements of Wyman's ToH.
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Description
Welcome to Echoes of Empires. If you’re looking for a podcast about history, you’ve come to the right place! Because you’ll find over a hundred episodes here about the Roman Empire, Byzantium, the Arab Caliphates, Charlemagne’s Empire, the Dark Ages, the Crusades and I’m adding to them all the time.
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Why Were The Crusades So Popular?
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Sep 26, 2026 |
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The Secrets of Ancient Nicaea
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Sep 12, 2026 |
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Alexius Comnenus: The True Story
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Aug 29, 2026 |
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The Battle of Manzikert
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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The Rise of the Seljuk Turks
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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The Road to Manzikert
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Jul 18, 2026 |
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The Origins of the First Crusade
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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New Name, Same Show!
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Jul 04, 2026 |
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: The Inheritors of Rome
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Byzantium's Golden Age
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Byzantium's Battle for Survival
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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The Abbasids: Golden Age or Age of Collapse?
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Jan 17, 2026 |
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The Rise and Fall of the Umayyads
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Eirene: The Monstrous Empress of Byzantium?
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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The Forgotten Heroes of Byzantium
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Byzantium: The Empire That Refused To Die
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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The Origins of the Holy Roman Empire
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Nov 08, 2025 |
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The Vikings
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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The Fall of the Frankish Empire
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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Charlemagne's Empire
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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The Rise of the Carolingians
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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The Battle of Tours, AD 732
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Aug 30, 2025 |
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The Slow Death of the Merovingians
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - 'The End of Antiquity' Book 5 in The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Clovis, King of the Franks
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Aug 02, 2025 |
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The Arab Conquest of Spain
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Jul 19, 2025 |
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UPDATE ON NEXT SEASON - THE DARK AGES
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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Is Climate History the Missing Link in Explaining the Rise of Islam?
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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The Siege of Constantinople in 717/718: Byzantium's Greatest Victory
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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How Greek Fire Stemmed the Arab Conquests
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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The Arab Conquest of Egypt
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Did the Late Antique Little Ice Age Favour Arabia?
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Climate, Plague and Catastrophe in Byzantium
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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The Collapse of the Sasanian Persian Empire
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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The Battle of Yarmuk: Rome's Greatest Defeat?
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Muhammad's Revolution
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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Heraclius Triumphant
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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The Siege of Constantinople in AD 626
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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The Best Form of Defence is Attack
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Heraclius' Crusaders
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Heraclius' Fight for Survival
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - 'Justinian's Empire' Book 4 in The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Heraclius: A New Hero
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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The Treachery of Phocas
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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The War in the West
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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The Romans' Lucky Break
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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The Hello, Goodbye Emperors
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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The Mad Emperor
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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UPDATE ON NEXT SEASON - THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Did Justinian Make or Break the Roman Empire?
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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What the Papyri Tell Us
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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The Wolves from the North
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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A Pyrrhic Victory?
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May 31, 2024 |
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Three Hundred Heroes
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May 25, 2024 |
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Belisarius is Back!
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May 17, 2024 |
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Burying the Dead
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May 11, 2024 |
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The Day the Sun Died
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May 04, 2024 |
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The Sack of Antioch, AD 540
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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The Hollow Victory
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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Divided We Fall
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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The Gothic Siege of Rome
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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The Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Trouble in Paradise
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Last Vandal King
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Victory in Africa
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Next Stop Carthage
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - 'Rome and Attila' Book 3 in The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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The Nika Riots
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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The Problem with Justinian
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Belisarius and the Battle of Dara
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Justinian, Theodora, and the Secret History
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Justin and Justinian
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Wars of Religion
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Oh No! The Sasanians Are Back!
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Anastasius: The New Diocletian
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Zeno: The Great Survivor
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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The Rise of the Ostrogoths
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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UPDATE: The Road to Justinian
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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Awaking A Sleeping Giant
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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Once Upon A Time In Noricum
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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The End of Rome: Not with a Bang but a Whimper
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Catastrophe at Carthage, AD 468
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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The Virtual King of Italy
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Majorian: The Last Hope of the West
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May 20, 2023 |
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The Sack of Rome by the Vandals, AD 455
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May 13, 2023 |
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Fall of Rome
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Cutting Off Your Right Hand
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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The End of Attila's Empire
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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The Italian Job
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, AD 451
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Attila and the Last of the Romans
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Attila's Bride
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Dinner with Attila
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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Attila the Hun
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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The Fall of Africa
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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The Rise of Aetius
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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All Quiet on the Eastern Front
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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BONUS Episode "The Strange Tale of Attila, Honoria and Milan""
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Restoring the Roman Name?
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Dec 31, 2022 |
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Was Climate Change Rome's Real Killer?
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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The Decline of the Roman Army
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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The Sack of Rome, AD 410
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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The Road to Disaster
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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All Gaul A Single Funeral Pyre
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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Stilicho Triumphant
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Drifting into the Fifth Century
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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The Roman Empire Divided
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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Theodosius the Not So Great
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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DISCOUNTED BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Roman Revolution
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Usurpers and Arians
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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The Battle of Adrianople, AD 378
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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War with the Goths
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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The Huns are Coming
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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Keeping the Show on the Road
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Julian's Destiny
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Julian and Persia
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Julian, the Philosopher King
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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The Battle of Strasbourg, AD 357
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Roman Revolution
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Julian in Gaul
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Rebellion in the West
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Return of the Persians
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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The Sons of Constantine
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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The Booming Fourth Century
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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Constantinople
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Constantine's Conversion
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May 28, 2022 |
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The Rise of Christianity
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May 21, 2022 |
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Tetrarchs and Christians
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May 07, 2022 |
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Diocletian's New Economics
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Diocletian's New Empire
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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The World Restored
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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The Defeat of Palmyra
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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The Battle for the East
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Man of Steel
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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A New Army
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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A New Type of Emperor
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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The Fall before the Fall
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Climate Change
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Plague
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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The Goths
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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The Germans
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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The Persians
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Tacitus and the Secret of the Empire
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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The Reign of Commodus
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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The Pax Romana
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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Augustus
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Hail Caesar
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Rome's Path to Glory
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Introduction and the Origins of Rome
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Dec 04, 2021 |