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21 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Augustus decides to invade Germania and Romanize it as he did with Gallia. Family drama and an insurrection give the Germans a chance to revolt. What…
6 years, 8 months ago
Jews and Jewish-Muslim relations in France, 1940-2019 with Dr. Ethan Katz
UC Berkeley's Dr. Ethan Katz talks about how Jewish Resistance Fighters captured Algiers for the Allies in 1942. Then we discuss the history and impo…
6 years, 8 months ago
20 – The Tragedy of Drusus the Good Son
Gallia wasn't as peaceful as Augustus' propaganda would have you believe. Meanwhile, Germania's shadow stretched across the Rhine. Until the bold lea…
6 years, 8 months ago
Post-WW2 French Science Fiction with Prof. Annabelle Dolidon
Prof. Annabelle Dolidon talks about the history of French science-fiction and how it deals with questions of transhumanism, artificial intelligence, …
6 years, 8 months ago
19 – New Gods, New Rulers and Togas: Augustan Gallia
How much of Celtic religion and culture remained during the Augustan reforms? Did the Romans wipe away the old Gaul? And how much did the Gauls influ…
6 years, 8 months ago
Energy and Power with Dr. Joseph Bohling
Dr. Bohling of Portland State University explains how France, a country with very limited fossil fuels, became an energy leader. Along the way he dis…
6 years, 9 months ago
18 – Pax Gallia: Rebuilding a Roman Gaul
Caesar launches a civil war, then Octavian and Mark Antony launch another, and finally Octavian turns on Mark Antony. All the while the Roman wars le…
6 years, 9 months ago
African American Soldiers in France with Taylor Marrow
In this very special episode I interview the man who inspired me to become a historian, Taylor Marrow. Marrow talks about African-American service in…
6 years, 9 months ago
17 – A Bitter Peace
The Gallic Wars finally ends as most of Gaul submits to Caesar in a desperate attempt to bring peace to war-torn Gaul. Yet, a few tribes have hatched…
6 years, 9 months ago
16 – The Gallo-Roman Apocalypse
52 BCE and Prince Vercingetorix unites Gaul in a war to the death with Caesar that will decide Rome and Gaul's fates.
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6 years, 10 months ago