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Back to SearchUPDATE ON NEXT SEASON - THE END OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
A quick update on the next season in this podcast, starting on 14th September. It's going to be the most exciting of all - about the collapse of the …
2 years, 3 months ago
Did Justinian Make or Break the Roman Empire?
Season 1 Episode 94
Did Justinian make or break the Roman Empire? Find out in this episode!
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2 years, 4 months ago
What the Papyri Tell Us
Season 1 Episode 93
In this episode, we look at society and religion in the age of Justinian. And we discover something that's been hidden in the sands of Egypt for 1,50…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Wolves from the North
Season 1 Episode 92
Justinian's wars of reconquest in the west left much of the Roman Empire weakly defended. Nowhere was this more evident than along the Danube frontie…
2 years, 4 months ago
A Pyrrhic Victory?
Season 1 Episode 91
In the early 550s, with its economy and population recovering from the effects of the Justinianic Plague, Justinian launched a new offensive to subdu…
2 years, 4 months ago
Three Hundred Heroes
Season 1 Episode 90
In 544, Belisarius returned to Italy to fight the Goths. It was his last campaign and the end of his career. But many years later, he was asked by th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Belisarius is Back!
Season 1 Episode 89
In 540, the Persians sacked Antioch. It was one of the greatest disasters in Roman history. But in 541, Belisarius was back from Italy. Could he now …
2 years, 5 months ago
Burying the Dead
Season 1 Episode 88
In the summer of 541, bubonic plague struck the Roman Empire. Known as the Justinianic Plague, it would be just as bad as the Black Death that 800 ye…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Day the Sun Died
Season 1 Episode 87
In the year 536, something very strange happened on planet Earth. The sun was dimmed and temperatures plummeted. This was followed by another apparen…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Sack of Antioch, AD 540
Season 1 Episode 86
In May 540, the unthinkable happened. The Persian shah, Chosroes, burned the Roman Empire's second city, Antioch, to the ground and butchered or ensl…
2 years, 6 months ago