The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 52 'The Fall of Africa'
In AD 433, Aetius secured his position as the effective ruler of the Western Roman Empire. With...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 51 'The Rise of Aetius'
In AD 425, the six-year-old Valentinian III became emperor of the west. Another child emperor...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 50 'All Quiet on the Eastern Front'
In this episode, we find out what was happening in the eastern half of the Roman Empire after the...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire BONUS Episode 'The Strange Tale of Attila, Honoria and Milan''
Happy New Year 2023! This is a bonus episode about my recent trip to Milan where I was struck by...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 49 'Restoring the Roman Name?'
The year is AD 410. Rome has been sacked. Is this the end of the western empire? Not yet. And the...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 48 'Was Climate Change Rome's Real Killer?'
In this episode, we reflect on the reasons for the sack of Rome in AD 410, and ask whether...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 47 'The Decline of the Roman Army'
Why didn't the Roman army defend the city of Rome better when it was sacked in AD 410? Many...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 46 'The Sack of Rome'
In AD 410, Alaric the Visigoth sacked Rome. It was the first time in 800 years that the city had...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 45 'The Road to Disaster'
In AD 408, Stilicho's fall from power was as spectacular as his rise had been. Alaric took...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 44 'All Gaul A Single Funeral Pyre'
In December AD406, catastrophe struck the Roman Empire as a huge force of Germanic barbarians...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 43 'Stilicho Triumphant'
In the early fifth century, Stilicho led the Roman armies in the west to victory after victory...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 42 'Drifting into the Fifth Century'
At the end of the fourth century, the Roman Empire lacked strong emperors and was ruled by...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 41 'The Roman Empire Divided'
When the emperor Theodosius died in 395, he left the empire to his two young sons, Arcadius in...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 40 'Theodosius the Not So Great'
The emperor Theodosius I is sometimes called 'The Great'. But if he was so great why was the city...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 39 'Usurpers and Arians'
After its disastrous defeat at the Battle of Adrianople, you might think the late Roman Empire...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 38 'The Battle of Adrianople'
On the 9th August, AD 378, the eastern emperor Valens rode north from Adrianople to give battle...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 37 'War with the Goths'
In the summer of AD 376, a vast mass of Goths, maybe 200,000 men, women and children, appeared on...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 36 'The Huns are Coming'
In AD 376, a huge host of Goths, maybe 200,000 strong, appeared on the banks of the river Danube....
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 35 'Keeping the Show on the Road'
After Julian's death on campaign in Persia in AD 363, his successors struggled to stave off...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 34 'Julian's Destiny'
In March 363, the emperor Julian led one of the largest Roman armies ever seen into Persia. He...
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