The Lives of Slaves, Heretics, Cave-Dwellers, and Other People Ancient History Never Tells You About—Robert Garland
The 19th-century historian Thomas Carlyle wrote, “The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” In a sense that's true. We have plenty of biographies of emperors, popes, kings, queens,...
13 Nov 20171h 23min
What Did Entertainment Do To The Romans?
You can point to hundreds of factors that led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (which Edward Gibbon and many others have been doing for centuries). Decadence and frivolous entertainment are...
10 Nov 20179min
Syriac-The Best Language for Conquering The Ancient World
If you were transported to the ancient world, there's only one language that could be used in Roman Briton and China alike. It was Syriac: the lingua franca of the Silk Road and your best language to ...
9 Nov 20178min
The Most Valuable Lost Treasure That Still Exists
As Imperial Spain transported literal tons of gold from the New World to the motherland, hurricanes sunk much of it to the bottom of the Atlantic. Find out about the most valuable treasure that is lik...
8 Nov 20175min
Did Vikings Have Tattoos?
Vikings left behind nearly no writings, except for Runic scripts on rocks. New burial site excavations show they also left them behind on their bodies. TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave an honest review on...
7 Nov 20178min
Call of Duty: WW2's Historical Advisor Marty Morgan on Bringing the War to Life
Call of Duty is top best-selling first-person shooter series based on real events, but lately it has veered into futuristic sci-fi country. Call of Duty: World War II is an attempt to go back to the g...
6 Nov 20171h 22min
The Codpiece—The Worst Fashion Trend in History
A wealthy man in the 1500s wore a large flap on the front of his trousers to accentuate his "credentials," which looked like an exterior athletic cup. How did this bizarre fashion trend take off, why ...
3 Nov 20176min
Why Almost No Medieval Peasant Cottages Survive Today
Archeological findings have led to breakthroughs in our understand of the Roman and ancient Near Eastern worlds, but little survives from the 500s-900s. Why weren't medieval buildings made to last? ...
2 Nov 20177min
