
How an Empire Ends: Culture of the Goths
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last episode, we delved into the archaeology of the pre-Roman Goths. But what about Gothic culture? What do we know about pre-Roman...
27 Mar 20251h 42min

How an Empire Ends: Origin of the Goths
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! The Roman Empire stood for a thousand years. Many causes have been given for its downfall—but if just one group of people could be said to...
13 Mar 20251h 4min

Rebel Daughters of the Roman Empire (With Tana Rebellis)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In Enemy of My Dreams, Jenny based her heroine Julia partially on Julia the Elder—rebellious daughter of Augustus who got herself exiled t...
27 Feb 20251h 2min

RE-RELEASE: Attila the Hun and the Rebel Princess
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In 450 AD, the Imperial Princess Honoria--daughter of Galla Placidia--was desperate to escape her arranged marriage. So she made an indecen...
20 Feb 202533min

RE-RELEASE: Ataulf x Galla Placidia
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! 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 Imper...
13 Feb 202534min

AHFG Book Club: Enemy of My Dreams with Jenny Williamson
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This week’s Book Club author interview is none other than up-and-coming romantasy and historical romance author Jenny Williamson, discussi...
6 Feb 20251h 17min

In Search of the Real Alaric (With Douglas Boin)
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Who was Alaric of the Visigoths, really? It’s a difficult question to answer. Alaric left no manifesto. There is nothing in his own words...
30 Jan 20251h

AHFG Book Club: Sexy Shifters and Fallen Angels with Nalini Singh
Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! This week, we feature a conversation with the OG romance novelist—the one all our romance novelist friends list among their favorites. Nal...
23 Jan 202557min



















