Interview: Historian Kyle Harper on Disease, Climate and the Fall of the Roman Empire
How did a changing climate and plague play into the fall of the Roman Empire? I'm joined by Kyle...
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Podcasts de ancient history
Tides of History: Natural Disasters and the End of the Roman Empire
Justinian was the last great Roman emperor, but his reign was plagued by disasters beyond his...
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Tides of History: Justinian the Great and the Reconquest of the Western Empire
Justinian is one of the defining figures of the Roman Empire. In many ways, he marks the boundary...
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While the western half of the Roman Empire was collapsing, the east managed to weather the storm...
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Tides of History: Why Didn't The Eastern Empire Fall?
When we talk about the fall of the Roman Empire, we're only talking about the western half -...
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Interview: Christianizing the Roman Empire with Professor Lisa Bitel
How did the Roman Empire, and barbarian Europe after it, become Christian? To find out, I talked...
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Tides of History: How Latin Became the Romance Languages
How did Latin splinter into the Romance languages? In this episode, we explore how Latin...
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Tides of History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman City
Cities were what made the Roman world Roman, but as the Empire fell apart, so did its cities....
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Tides of History: The Roman City
Cities were what made the Roman world, well, Roman. They were centers of culture and political...
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History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme, said Mark Twain. From the fall of the Roman...
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23: Could the Roman Empire Have Survived?
Could the Roman Empire have survived past the fifth century? To answer that question, we examine...
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22: The Brilliance of Saint Augustine. An Interview with Elizabeth Bruenig
Saint Augustine is one of the foundational figures of Christianity and one of the most...
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21: Rome's Legacy and the Barbarian Kingdoms
As central government disappeared from what had been the Western Roman Empire, the barbarian...
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20: The Anglo-Saxon Migration, the North Sea World, and the Birth of England
Roman Britain fell fast, and it fell hard. Into the ruins of this world stepped a wave of...
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19: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter Scheidel
Why didn't Rome rise again? Everywhere else in the world, the appearance of one great empire was...
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18: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the Franks
As the Roman Empire disintegrated, northern Gaul turned first into a military province and then...
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17: Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Western Empire Reborn?
Under the leadership of their great king Theoderic, the Ostrogoths built a kingdom for themselves...
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16: The Kingdom of the Visigoths
The ashes of the Roman Empire produced a host of new states built on the foundations it left...
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15: The Death of the Roman Political System
Taxes, soldiers, and loyalty: these were the foundations, the structures, of the Roman political...
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14: The Calamitous Fifth Century - A Narrative History
It took just 80 years for the Roman Empire to fall apart completely, from a ponderous but...
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