The History of Rome
Mike Duncan - thehistoryofrome.typepad.com
Latest episode: Tue Nov 05 2024
A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Now complete!
193 total episodes
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- Nov5Ad-Free History of Rome Patreon1min
Jul27The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy55mins- Sep16Revolutions Launch
- May30Update- One Year Later1min
- May6179- The End30mins
- Apr30178- Not With A Bang But A Whimper28mins
- Apr22177- The Burning Ships25mins
- Apr16176- The Quote Unquote Emperor25mins
- Apr9175- Trying to Take It All Back23mins
- Apr2174- The Sack of Rome Part II24mins
- Mar25173- The Broken Bow27mins
- Mar19172- Showdown25mins
- Mar11171- The Gathering Storm16mins
- Feb19170- Atilla Cometh23mins
- Feb12169- Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My24mins
- Feb5168- The Rise of Aetius23mins
- Jan29167- Exploiting the Opportunity25mins
- Jan22166- As Long As She's Nice To Look At26mins
- Jan15165- Reviving the Roman Name25mins
- Jan9164- The Sack of Rome24mins
- Dec18163- Theodosius's Walls25mins
- Dec12162- Opening the Floodgates26mins
- Dec5161- The Swamps of Ravenna24mins
- Nov28160- East vs. West23mins
- Nov21159- The Divine Winds23mins
- Nov14158- An Imperial Suicide21mins
- Oct31157- Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass27mins
- Oct24156- Jockeying for Position26mins
- Oct16155- The New Bishop of Milan27mins
- Oct10154- The Gothic War28mins
- Oct2153- Adrianople23mins
- Sep25152- The Storm Before the Storm24mins
- Sep11151- Bursting a Blood Vessel24mins
- Sep4150- The Perils of Mismanagement24mins
- Aug29149- The Great Conspiracy26mins
- Aug22148- The Cousin's Cousin25mins
- Aug15147- Capitulation25mins
- Aug8146- The Spear of Destiny23mins
- Jul31145- Julian the Apostate27mins
- Jul25144- The Road to Constantinople25mins
- Jul10143- Julian the Pre-Apostate25mins
- Jul4142- You've Earned It25mins
- Jun27141- Blood and Water26mins
- Jun20140- My Three Sons23mins
- Jun13139- Wash Away Your Sins22mins
- May30138- The New Rome26mins
- May15137- The Christian Emperor21mins
- May1136- Let This Be Our Final Battle23mins
- Apr25135- Brothers in Name Only26mins
- Apr18134- And Then There Were Two23mins
- Apr11133- The Milvian Bridge24mins
- Apr4132- In This Sign26mins
- Mar28131- The New Game in Town25mins
- Mar14130- Lost in Transition28mins
- Mar7129- Abdication26mins
- Feb28128- The Great Persecution28mins
- Feb21127- Commanding The Economy27mins
- Feb14126- All The King's Men28mins
- Feb7125- The Best Defence is a Good Defence25mins
- Jan31124- The Tetrarchs at War25mins
- Jan24123- The Tertrarchy23mins
- Jan16122- Jupiter and Hercules25mins
- Jan10121- Phase Three Complete24mins
- Dec20120- Interregnum25mins
- Dec13119- Restitutor Orbis26mins
- Dec6118- The Palmyrene Wars28mins
- Nov29117- Aurelian's Walls26mins
- Nov22116- Here Come the Illyrians23mins
- Nov8115- Phase Two Complete25mins
- Nov1114- The Nadir of Our Fortunes28mins
- Oct24113- Three Empires26mins
- Oct18112- Captured Alive25mins
- Oct4111- Phase One Complete27mins
- Sep27110- A Gothic Horror24mins
- Sep20109- The New Millenium25mins
- Sep13108- Gordian's Knot25mins
- Aug30107- The Year of the Six Emperors24mins
- Aug23106- Barbarian at the Gate28mins
- Aug16105- The Last Princeps25mins
- Aug9104- Here Comes the Sun27mins
- Aug2103- The Equestrian26mins
- Jul26102- The Common Enemy of Mankind22mins
- Jul19101- And All Was of Little Value24mins
- Jun27100- Black and White and Severus All Over24mins
- Jun21099- What Evil Have I Done?24mins
- Jun14098- Purchasing Power23mins
- Jun7097- The Fall of Hercules27mins
- May31096- The Most Aptly Named Emperor26mins
- May24095- The Beginning of the End23mins
- May17094- Revolt and Meditations25mins
- May10093- The Marcomannic Wars24mins
- Apr26092- The Parthian War23mins
- Apr19091- Marcus and Lucius and the Parthians24mins
- Apr12090- The Hundredth Episode33mins
- Apr5089- Provincial Matters43mins
- Mar22088- A Day in the Life23mins
- Mar15087- Thinking and Feeling27mins
- Mar8086- Wealth and Class26mins
- Mar1085- Antoninus the Dutiful27mins
- Mar1084- Longing For Death27mins
- Mar1083- May His Bones Be Crushed25mins
- Mar1082- Hadrian's Walls27mins
- Mar1081- The Greekling22mins
- Mar1080- Optimus Trajan21mins
- Mar1079- The Dacian Wars22mins
- Mar1078- Imperial Stop Gap23mins
- Mar1077- What Time is It?23mins
- Mar1076- Mock Triumphs22mins
- Mar1075- The Forgotten Son26mins
- Mar1074- Friends I Have Wasted a Day22mins
- Mar1073- The Only Man Who Improved26mins
- Mar1072- Vitellius and Vespasian25mins
- Mar1071- Otho and Vitellius23mins
- Mar1070- Galba and Otho: The History of Rome26mins
- Mar1069- As History of Rome Wedding16mins
- Mar1068- Three Emperors21mins
- Mar1067- What an Artist the World is Losing22mins
- Mar1066- 66623mins
- Mar1065- Burn It To The Ground24mins
- Mar1064- Smite My Womb24mins
- Mar1063- A Farewell to Claudius25mins
- Mar1062- Take My Wife...Please24mins
- Mar1061- What, me Claudius?21mins
- Mar1060- No Better Slave, No Worse Master22mins
- Mar1058- Partner of my Labors26mins
- Mar1059- To the Tiber with Tiberius22mins
- Feb28057- Germanicus25mins
- Feb28056- The King is Dead, Long Live the King20mins
- Feb28055- Teutoburg Nightmares25mins
- Feb28054- All in the Family24mins
- Feb28053- Reigning Supreme23mins
- Feb28052- Caesar Augustus27mins
- Feb28051- Actium24mins
- Feb28050- The Donations of Alexandria25mins
- Feb28049- Apollo and Dionysus26mins
- Feb28048- The Second Triumvirate24mins
- Feb28047- Octavius-Octavian22mins
- Feb28046- Sic Semper Tyrannis21mins
- Feb28045- The End of the War23mins
- Feb28044- Caesar Triumphant24mins
- Feb28043- Insert Well Known Idiom Here26mins
- Feb28042- Meanwhile, Back in Rome24mins
- Feb28041b- The Gallic Wars25mins
- Feb28041a- The Gallic Wars20mins
- Feb28040- In the Consulship of Julius and Caesar23mins
- Feb28039- The Young Julius Caesar Chronicles22mins
- Feb28038- The Catiline Conspiracy20mins
- Feb28037- Go East Young Man19mins
- Feb28036- I Am Spartacus!19mins
- Feb28035- Crassus and Pompey19mins
- Feb28034- No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy20mins
- Feb28033- Marius and Sulla15mins
- Feb28032- The Social War14mins
- Feb28031b- Marius15mins
- Feb28031a- Marius15mins
- Feb28030- Gaius Gracchus16mins
- Feb28029- Tiberius Gracchus15mins
- Feb28028- Taking Stock13mins
- Feb28027- Mopping Up14mins
- Feb28026- The Third Macedonian War14mins
- Feb28025- The Syrian War13mins
- Feb28024- The Second Macedonian War16mins
- Feb28023e- The War With Hannibal18mins
- Feb28023d- The War With Hannibal22mins
- Feb28023c- The War With Hannibal15mins
- Feb28023b- The War With Hannibal17mins
- Feb28023a- The War With Hannibal15mins
- Feb28022- Prelude to the Second Punic War14mins
- Feb28021- Interbellum15mins
- Feb28020b- The First Punic War22mins
- Feb28020a- The First Punic War22mins
- Feb28019- Prelude to the First Punic War16mins
- Feb28018- A History of Rome Christmas12mins
- Feb28017- Pyrrhic Victories17mins
- Feb27016- The Third Samnite War15mins
- Feb27015b- The Second Samnite War14mins
- Feb25015a- The Second Samnite War18mins
- Feb25014b- A Phalanx With Joints16mins
- Feb25014a- A Phalanx With Joints11mins
- Feb25013- The Latin War14mins
- Feb25012- The First Samnite War18mins
- Feb25011- The Morning After16mins
- Feb25010: Barbarians at the Gates15mins
- Feb25009- A Trojan War13mins
- Feb25008- Decades of Gloom15mins
- Feb25007- The Roman Washington12mins
- Feb25006- The Twelve Tables15mins
- Feb25005- Trials and Tribunlations15mins
- Feb25004- The Public Thing14mins
- Feb25003b- The Seven Kings of Rome18mins
- Feb25003a- The Seven Kings of Rome16mins
- Feb25002- Youthful Indiscretions11mins
- Jul28001- In the Beginning11mins