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Rebroadcast: Peasants' Rebellions and Resistance
Season 5 Episode 117
The medieval world relied on peasants. They grew the food, maintained the buildings, produced the craft goods, and made up the vast bulk of the popul…
1 year, 7 months ago
Soldiers and Labor Markets in the Hellenistic World: Interview with Dr. Charlotte van Regenmortel
Season 5 Episode 116
The decades after the death of Alexander the Great saw a massive increase in the scale and intensity of warfare over an area stretching from Italy to…
1 year, 7 months ago
Listen Now: Scam Factory
You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere? They could be real, but something about them seems fishy. You…
1 year, 7 months ago
Interview: Professor Lyndal Roper on the German Peasants' War
Season 5 Episode 115
The German Peasants' War was the largest popular revolt in Europe before the French Revolution, but it's largely been forgotten. Why? Professor Lynda…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Defeat of Pyrrhus and the Road to the Punic Wars
Season 5 Episode 114
Pyrrhus of Epirus won costly but clear victories over the Romans in their first battlefield meetings, but couldn't win the war. Rome's dogged determi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Duels, Violence, and Conflict in Early Modern Europe: Interview with Professor Stuart Carroll
Season 5 Episode 113
Early modern Europe was a violent place, full of duels, bloody encounters, and decades-long feuds. In many ways, it was more fractious and dangerous …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Pyrrhic War
Season 5 Episode 112
By 281 BC, Rome controlled much of Italy, but the city was still a minor player on the larger Mediterranean scene. That changed when King Pyrrhus of …
1 year, 8 months ago
Listen Now: We Came to the Forest
Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility planned for Atlanta. She decides to join the activ…
1 year, 8 months ago
King Pyrrhus of Epirus and a New Age of Mediterranean Politics
Season 5 Episode 111
While the Punic Wars mark the stage of Roman history with which most people are familiar, Rome's entrance onto the stage of Mediterranean power polit…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Tyrants of Syracuse and the Wars with Carthage
Season 5 Episode 110
As the fourth century drew to a close, Rome wasn't the only rising power in the central Mediterranean; Syracuse and Carthage were battling for domina…
1 year, 9 months ago