The History Of Rome
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 73:27:37
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Synopsis
A weekly podcast tracing the rise, decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Episodes
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162- Opening the Floodgates
12/12/2011 Duration: 28minOn New Year's Eve 406 a horde of barbarians crossed the lower Rhine into Gaul. Their arrival would have severe consequences for the Western Empire.
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161- The Swamps of Ravenna
05/12/2011 Duration: 24minAlaric and his Goths invaded Italy in 402. After they were pushed out, Stilicho moved the seat of the Western Imperial Court to the city of Ravenna.
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160- East vs. West
28/11/2011 Duration: 24minIn the late 390s, the generals and ministers who dominated Arcadius and Honorius battled with each other for control of the Empire.
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159- The Divine Winds
21/11/2011 Duration: 23minAfter winning the Battle of the Frigidus River, Theodosius stood alone as the last sole ruler of the Roman Empire. He would be die just four months later.
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158- An Imperial Suicide
14/11/2011 Duration: 22minIn 392 Valentinian II was found hanged in his bedchamber, paving the way for another Roman Civil War.
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157- Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass
31/10/2011 Duration: 27minAfter defeating the usurper Maximus in 388 AD, Theodosius found himself facing an even greater opponent in Ambrose of Milan.
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156- Jockeying for Position
24/10/2011 Duration: 27minFrom 383-387 the tense quasi-partnership of Maximus, Valentinian II and Theodosius ruled the Roman Empire. During those years Bishop Ambrose and Nicean Christianity pushed themselves to dominance over their Arians rivals.
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155- The New Bishop of Milan
16/10/2011 Duration: 27minIn 383 the General Magnus Maximus rose up in revolt against Gratian. The power sharing agreement that followed Maximus's victory would be negotiated in part by St. Ambrose, the influencial new Bishop of Milan.
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154- The Gothic War
10/10/2011 Duration: 29minFollowing Adrianople, Theodosius was brought in to salvage the situation. After determining that he could not beat the Goths in battle, the new Emperor was forced to sign a peace with the barbarians that treated them as, gasp, equals.
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153- Adrianople
02/10/2011 Duration: 23minOperating with faulty intelligence and desperate to defeat the Goths on his own, Valens forced the disasterous Battle of Adrianople in August 378.
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152- The Storm Before the Storm
25/09/2011 Duration: 25minIn 375 the Huns exploded into Gothic territory, sending refugees fleeing for the saftey of the Roman Empire.
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151- Bursting a Blood Vessel
11/09/2011 Duration: 25minValens spent the late 360s and early 370s dealing with hostile Goths in the north and hostile Persians in the east. In 375 he would be left to face these threats alone when Valentinian suddenly died.
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150- The Perils of Mismanagement
04/09/2011 Duration: 24minin the late 360s and early 370s AD Roman mismanagment of three different regions in the Western Empire led to armed conflict.
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149- The Great Conspiracy
29/08/2011 Duration: 26minIn the winter of 367 Britannia was hit from all sides by a coordinated barbarian invasion. It would be more than a year before the Romans were able to reassert control over the island.
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148- The Cousin's Cousin
22/08/2011 Duration: 26minShortly after Valentinian and Valens ascended to the throne, one of Julian the Apostate's maternal cousins seized control of Constantinople.
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147- Capitulation
15/08/2011 Duration: 25minJovian extracted the Roman legions from the east at a heavy price. He then ruled the Empire for eight months before suddenly dying on his way to Constantinople in early 364.
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146- The Spear of Destiny
08/08/2011 Duration: 25minIn 363 Julian launched an invasion of Sassanid Persia. He would die in battle just three months later.
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145- Julian the Apostate
31/07/2011 Duration: 27minJulian came to power in late 361 and immediately set about trying to turn back the clock on both Church and State.
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144- The Road to Constantinople
25/07/2011 Duration: 26minOnce he was established as a force to be reckoned with in the west, Julian revolted against Constantius II in 360 after the Emperor ordered half the Gallic army redeployed to the eastern frontier.
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143- Julian the Pre-Apostate
10/07/2011 Duration: 26minAfter a childhood spent mostly in exile, Juian was elevated to the rank of Caesar in 355. His first assignment was to clear Gaul of Germanic invaders.