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Back to SearchThe Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 48 "Was Climate Change Rome's Real Killer?"
Season 1 Episode 48
In this episode, we reflect on the reasons for the sack of Rome in AD 410, and ask whether climate change on the steppe-lands of Asia was the ultimat…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 47 "The Decline of the Roman Army"
Season 1 Episode 47
Why didn't the Roman army defend the city of Rome better when it was sacked in AD 410? Many historians blame the internal conflict within the empire.…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 46 "The Sack of Rome"
Season 1 Episode 46
In AD 410, Alaric the Visigoth sacked Rome. It was the first time in 800 years that the city had fallen. Find out in this episode why and how it happ…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 45 "The Road to Disaster"
Season 1 Episode 45
In AD 408, Stilicho's fall from power was as spectacular as his rise had been. Alaric took advantage of this to invade Italy and lay siege to Rome. T…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 44 "All Gaul A Single Funeral Pyre"
Season 1 Episode 44
In December AD406, catastrophe struck the Roman Empire as a huge force of Germanic barbarians crossed the Rhine. Could Stilicho, the Roman general an…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 43 "Stilicho Triumphant"
Season 1 Episode 43
In the early fifth century, Stilicho led the Roman armies in the west to victory after victory over the Goths, giving new hope to the empire.
For a fr…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 42 "Drifting into the Fifth Century"
Season 1 Episode 42
At the end of the fourth century, the Roman Empire lacked strong emperors and was ruled by Stilicho in the west and Eutropius in the east. As it drif…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 41 "The Roman Empire Divided"
Season 1 Episode 41
When the emperor Theodosius died in 395, he left the empire to his two young sons, Arcadius in the east, and Honorius in the west. It proved to be an…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 40 "Theodosius the Not So Great"
Season 1 Episode 40
The emperor Theodosius I is sometimes called 'The Great'. But if he was so great why was the city of Rome sacked by the Goths only fifteen years afte…
3 years, 5 months ago
DISCOUNTED BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Roman Revolution
This is just to let you know that you can get my ebook called The Roman Revolution, which accompanies the first part of my podcast, at a discounted p…
3 years, 5 months ago