End of Season 1 Announcement
We've got a little announcement for all of you. We're taking a break. We'll be back September 13, and have we got some stories to tell you then. Also, to Patreon or not to Patreon? Listen in for the f...
16 Elo 201810min
Attila the Hun and the Rebel Princess
In 450 AD, the Imperial Princess Honoria--daughter of Galla Placidia--was desperate to escape her arranged marriage. So she made an indecent proposal--to Attila the Hun. On this single action, cities ...
2 Elo 201833min
Real Life Romance from the Fall of Rome: Ataulf x Galla Placidia
He was a fierce barbarian warlord—a man who had stood between his people and the Roman Empire since the sack of Rome. She was a Roman Imperial princess with a core of iron strength. Born enemies, the ...
19 Heinä 201834min
Stuff Alaric Said
On August 24, 410 AD, Alaric and the Visigoths sacked the city of Rome. Before he sacked it, he starved it. Before that, he went toe to toe with the Roman Empire for fifteen years—uniting disparate tr...
5 Heinä 201848min
War Elephants Part 2: Land Pirates of the Ancient World
In this episode, the epic story of the elephant of war continues. Join noted elephant adventurers King Pyrrhus of Epirus (he of the Pyrrhic victory), Julius Caesar, Hannibal Barca, and Lady Trieu of V...
21 Kesä 20181h 2min
War Elephants Part 1: Alexander's Immortals
Few sights terrorized ancient armies more than that of a wall of elephants, tusks drenched in blood, bearing down on them in a killing frenzy. From the mighty armies of ancient India to the crack troo...
7 Kesä 201850min
Praetorian Guard, Part 2: Caligula & Friends
In this episode, it's Roman Emperors behaving badly--and Praetorian Prefects behaving even worse. Beginning with Caligula, Emperors were assaulted in their homes, killed with their families, dragged t...
24 Touko 201832min
Praetorian Guard, Part 1: The Beast in Your House
The Praetorian Guard was the elite military unit tasked with protecting the Emperors of Rome. Except when they held the assassin's blade themselves. The Praetorians brought emperors low and raised the...
10 Touko 201831min
