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Season 1 Episode 49
The year is AD 410. Rome has been sacked. Is this the end of the western empire? Not yet. And the next few years will be full of surprises.
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3 years, 9 months ago
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, 10 months ago
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, 10 months ago
The Sack of Rome, AD 410
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, 11 months ago
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, 11 months ago
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, 11 months ago
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.
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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…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago
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…
4 years ago