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Back to SearchThe Medici: Lorenzo the Magnificent (Part 2)
Episode 573
Who was Lorenzo the Magnificent, the most glamorous, glittering, and blood-soaked of all the Medici, who became his family’s formidable but compulsiv…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Medici: Masters of Florence (Part 1)
Episode 572
What are the origins of one of history’s most glittering, and for a time, most powerful families in Europe; the Medici? How were they able to seize …
10 months ago
Hannibal: Roman Bloodbath at Cannae (Part 4)
Episode 571
How did the Battle of Cannae - one of the most important battles of all time for Ancient Rome, with a whole Empire at stake, and a reputation that ha…
10 months ago
Hannibal: The Invasion of Italy (Part 3)
Episode 570
How did Hannibal achieve the remarkable feat of crossing the Alps with his army, and elephants? How many of his men survived the treacherous journey?…
10 months, 1 week ago
Hannibal: Elephants Cross the Alps (Part 2)
Episode 569
Why did Hannibal choose to cross the Alps with his elephants in 218 BC, when invading Rome? Was it a brilliant stratagem or a military disaster? What…
10 months, 1 week ago
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy (Part 1)
Episode 568
Who was Hannibal, the flawed but brilliant Carthaginian general? What makes Rome vs Carthage in the third century BC one of the most totemic ancient …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Great Northern War: Murder in Moscow (Part 4)
Episode 567
What were the consequences of Peter the Great’s mighty victory over Sweden at the Battle of Poltova in 1707? How great was the impact of his reign up…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
The Great Northern War: Slaughter on the Steppes (Part 3)
Episode 566
Why was the greatest and most climactic battle of the Great Northern War, the Battle of Poltova, one of the most important in all European history? W…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Great Northern War: Revenge of the Cossacks (Part 2)
Episode 565
After establishing the city of St Petersburg, what was Peter the Great’s next step in his titanic struggle against Charles XII of Sweden, for mastery…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
The Great Northern War: The Battle of the Baltic (Part 1)
Episode 564
How did the Great Northern War, which saw Sweden pitted against Peter the Great’s Russia and her allies, and would transform Europe forever, begin? W…
10 months, 4 weeks ago