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The History of Rome

Mike Duncan

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!

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Ad-Free History of Rome Patreon 2024-11-05 · 1m
The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy 2017-07-27 · 56m
Revolutions Launch 2013-09-16
Update- One Year Later 2013-05-30 · 2m
179- The End 2012-05-06 · 30m
178- Not With A Bang But A Whimper 2012-04-30 · 28m
177- The Burning Ships 2012-04-22 · 25m
176- The Quote Unquote Emperor 2012-04-16 · 25m
175- Trying to Take It All Back 2012-04-09 · 24m
174- The Sack of Rome Part II 2012-04-02 · 24m
173- The Broken Bow 2012-03-25 · 28m
172- Showdown 2012-03-19 · 26m
171- The Gathering Storm 2012-03-11 · 17m
170- Atilla Cometh 2012-02-19 · 23m
169- Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My 2012-02-12 · 25m
168- The Rise of Aetius 2012-02-05 · 24m
167- Exploiting the Opportunity 2012-01-29 · 26m
166- As Long As She's Nice To Look At 2012-01-22 · 26m
165- Reviving the Roman Name 2012-01-15 · 26m
164- The Sack of Rome 2012-01-09 · 25m
163- Theodosius's Walls 2011-12-18 · 25m
162- Opening the Floodgates 2011-12-12 · 27m
161- The Swamps of Ravenna 2011-12-05 · 24m
160- East vs. West 2011-11-28 · 24m
159- The Divine Winds 2011-11-21 · 24m
158- An Imperial Suicide 2011-11-14 · 21m
157- Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass 2011-10-31 · 27m
156- Jockeying for Position 2011-10-24 · 27m
155- The New Bishop of Milan 2011-10-16 · 27m
154- The Gothic War 2011-10-10 · 29m
153- Adrianople 2011-10-02 · 24m
152- The Storm Before the Storm 2011-09-25 · 24m
151- Bursting a Blood Vessel 2011-09-11 · 24m
150- The Perils of Mismanagement 2011-09-04 · 25m
149- The Great Conspiracy 2011-08-29 · 26m
148- The Cousin's Cousin 2011-08-22 · 26m
147- Capitulation 2011-08-15 · 25m
146- The Spear of Destiny 2011-08-08 · 24m
145- Julian the Apostate 2011-07-31 · 28m
144- The Road to Constantinople 2011-07-25 · 26m
143- Julian the Pre-Apostate 2011-07-10 · 25m
142- You've Earned It 2011-07-04 · 26m
141- Blood and Water 2011-06-27 · 26m
140- My Three Sons 2011-06-20 · 24m
139- Wash Away Your Sins 2011-06-13 · 22m
138- The New Rome 2011-05-30 · 26m
137- The Christian Emperor 2011-05-15 · 21m
136- Let This Be Our Final Battle 2011-05-01 · 24m
135- Brothers in Name Only 2011-04-25 · 26m
134- And Then There Were Two 2011-04-18 · 24m
133- The Milvian Bridge 2011-04-11 · 24m
132- In This Sign 2011-04-04 · 27m
131- The New Game in Town 2011-03-28 · 26m
130- Lost in Transition 2011-03-14 · 29m
129- Abdication 2011-03-07 · 26m
128- The Great Persecution 2011-02-28 · 28m
127- Commanding The Economy 2011-02-21 · 27m
126- All The King's Men 2011-02-14 · 28m
125- The Best Defence is a Good Defence 2011-02-07 · 25m
124- The Tetrarchs at War 2011-01-31 · 26m
123- The Tertrarchy 2011-01-24 · 23m
122- Jupiter and Hercules 2011-01-16 · 26m
121- Phase Three Complete 2011-01-10 · 24m
120- Interregnum 2010-12-20 · 26m
119- Restitutor Orbis 2010-12-13 · 26m
118- The Palmyrene Wars 2010-12-06 · 28m
117- Aurelian's Walls 2010-11-29 · 26m
116- Here Come the Illyrians 2010-11-22 · 24m
115- Phase Two Complete 2010-11-08 · 25m
114- The Nadir of Our Fortunes 2010-11-01 · 28m
113- Three Empires 2010-10-24 · 27m
112- Captured Alive 2010-10-18 · 26m
111- Phase One Complete 2010-10-04 · 27m
110- A Gothic Horror 2010-09-27 · 24m
109- The New Millenium 2010-09-20 · 26m
108- Gordian's Knot 2010-09-13 · 25m
107- The Year of the Six Emperors 2010-08-30 · 25m
106- Barbarian at the Gate 2010-08-23 · 29m
105- The Last Princeps 2010-08-16 · 26m
104- Here Comes the Sun 2010-08-09 · 28m
103- The Equestrian 2010-08-02 · 26m
102- The Common Enemy of Mankind 2010-07-26 · 23m
101- And All Was of Little Value 2010-07-19 · 24m
100- Black and White and Severus All Over 2010-06-27 · 25m
099- What Evil Have I Done? 2010-06-21 · 25m
098- Purchasing Power 2010-06-14 · 23m
097- The Fall of Hercules 2010-06-07 · 28m
096- The Most Aptly Named Emperor 2010-05-31 · 26m
095- The Beginning of the End 2010-05-24 · 24m
094- Revolt and Meditations 2010-05-17 · 26m
093- The Marcomannic Wars 2010-05-10 · 25m
092- The Parthian War 2010-04-26 · 24m
091- Marcus and Lucius and the Parthians 2010-04-19 · 24m
090- The Hundredth Episode 2010-04-12 · 33m
089- Provincial Matters 2010-04-05 · 44m
088- A Day in the Life 2010-03-22 · 24m
087- Thinking and Feeling 2010-03-15 · 28m
086- Wealth and Class 2010-03-08 · 27m
085- Antoninus the Dutiful 2010-03-01 · 27m
084- Longing For Death 2010-03-01 · 27m
083- May His Bones Be Crushed 2010-03-01 · 25m
082- Hadrian's Walls 2010-03-01 · 28m
081- The Greekling 2010-03-01 · 23m
080- Optimus Trajan 2010-03-01 · 22m
079- The Dacian Wars 2010-03-01 · 22m
078- Imperial Stop Gap 2010-03-01 · 24m
077- What Time is It? 2010-03-01 · 23m
076- Mock Triumphs 2010-03-01 · 23m
075- The Forgotten Son 2010-03-01 · 27m
074- Friends I Have Wasted a Day 2010-03-01 · 23m
073- The Only Man Who Improved 2010-03-01 · 26m
072- Vitellius and Vespasian 2010-03-01 · 26m
071- Otho and Vitellius 2010-03-01 · 24m
070- Galba and Otho: The History of Rome 2010-03-01 · 26m
069- As History of Rome Wedding 2010-03-01 · 17m
068- Three Emperors 2010-03-01 · 22m
067- What an Artist the World is Losing 2010-03-01 · 22m
066- 666 2010-03-01 · 24m
065- Burn It To The Ground 2010-03-01 · 24m
064- Smite My Womb 2010-03-01 · 25m
063- A Farewell to Claudius 2010-03-01 · 26m
062- Take My Wife...Please 2010-03-01 · 25m
061- What, me Claudius? 2010-03-01 · 21m
060- No Better Slave, No Worse Master 2010-03-01 · 23m
058- Partner of my Labors 2010-03-01 · 26m
059- To the Tiber with Tiberius 2010-03-01 · 22m
057- Germanicus 2010-02-28 · 25m
056- The King is Dead, Long Live the King 2010-02-28 · 21m
055- Teutoburg Nightmares 2010-02-28 · 26m
054- All in the Family 2010-02-28 · 25m
053- Reigning Supreme 2010-02-28 · 24m
052- Caesar Augustus 2010-02-28 · 28m
051- Actium 2010-02-28 · 24m
050- The Donations of Alexandria 2010-02-28 · 26m
049- Apollo and Dionysus 2010-02-28 · 27m
048- The Second Triumvirate 2010-02-28 · 24m
047- Octavius-Octavian 2010-02-28 · 23m
046- Sic Semper Tyrannis 2010-02-28 · 22m
045- The End of the War 2010-02-28 · 24m
044- Caesar Triumphant 2010-02-28 · 24m
043- Insert Well Known Idiom Here 2010-02-28 · 27m
042- Meanwhile, Back in Rome 2010-02-28 · 24m
041b- The Gallic Wars 2010-02-28 · 25m
041a- The Gallic Wars 2010-02-28 · 20m
040- In the Consulship of Julius and Caesar 2010-02-28 · 23m
039- The Young Julius Caesar Chronicles 2010-02-28 · 23m
038- The Catiline Conspiracy 2010-02-28 · 20m
037- Go East Young Man 2010-02-28 · 20m
036- I Am Spartacus! 2010-02-28 · 20m
035- Crassus and Pompey 2010-02-28 · 19m
034- No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy 2010-02-28 · 20m
033- Marius and Sulla 2010-02-28 · 15m
032- The Social War 2010-02-28 · 14m
031b- Marius 2010-02-28 · 15m
031a- Marius 2010-02-28 · 15m
030- Gaius Gracchus 2010-02-28 · 17m
029- Tiberius Gracchus 2010-02-28 · 15m
028- Taking Stock 2010-02-28 · 13m
027- Mopping Up 2010-02-28 · 14m
026- The Third Macedonian War 2010-02-28 · 14m
025- The Syrian War 2010-02-28 · 13m
024- The Second Macedonian War 2010-02-28 · 16m
023e- The War With Hannibal 2010-02-28 · 18m
023d- The War With Hannibal 2010-02-28 · 22m
023c- The War With Hannibal 2010-02-28 · 16m
023b- The War With Hannibal 2010-02-28 · 17m
023a- The War With Hannibal 2010-02-28 · 16m
022- Prelude to the Second Punic War 2010-02-28 · 15m
021- Interbellum 2010-02-28 · 15m
020b- The First Punic War 2010-02-28 · 23m
020a- The First Punic War 2010-02-28 · 23m
019- Prelude to the First Punic War 2010-02-28 · 16m
018- A History of Rome Christmas 2010-02-28 · 13m
017- Pyrrhic Victories 2010-02-28 · 18m
016- The Third Samnite War 2010-02-27 · 16m
015b- The Second Samnite War 2010-02-27 · 15m
015a- The Second Samnite War 2010-02-25 · 18m
014b- A Phalanx With Joints 2010-02-25 · 17m
014a- A Phalanx With Joints 2010-02-25 · 11m
013- The Latin War 2010-02-25 · 14m
012- The First Samnite War 2010-02-25 · 18m
011- The Morning After 2010-02-25 · 17m
010: Barbarians at the Gates 2010-02-25 · 16m
009- A Trojan War 2010-02-25 · 14m
008- Decades of Gloom 2010-02-25 · 15m
007- The Roman Washington 2010-02-25 · 12m
006- The Twelve Tables 2010-02-25 · 16m
005- Trials and Tribunlations 2010-02-25 · 16m
004- The Public Thing 2010-02-25 · 15m
003b- The Seven Kings of Rome 2010-02-25 · 18m
003a- The Seven Kings of Rome 2010-02-25 · 16m
002- Youthful Indiscretions 2010-02-25 · 12m
001- In the Beginning 2007-07-28 · 12m
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