Episode 60: The Fall of the Roman Republic Part VI-Death by a Thousand Cuts
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon to ignite yet another Roman Civil War, nobody at the time knew that this was the end of the Republic. Caesar's victory in his clash with the forces of Pompey, hi...
5 Aug 201951min
Episode 59: The Fall of the Roman Republic Part V-The New Normal
With the Republic rebuilding after the wreckage caused by Marius and Sulla, a new cast of political characters was taking power in Rome. Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus, Cicero, Cato, and others are al...
15 Jul 201956min
Episode 58: The Fall of the Roman Republic Part IV-You Win or You Die
As violence increasingly became a tool at the disposal of corrupt and cynical Romans, it also became a last resort for frustrated and hopeless Romans and Italian Allies. As a result of the Republic's ...
24 Jun 201942min
Episode 57: The Fall of the Roman Republic Part III-The Gracchan Revolution
Many historians have cited moral decline that began after the Punic Wars as a leading cause in the decline of the Roman Republic. While there are different interpretations of this idea, the conflict b...
3 Jun 201936min
Episode 56: The Fall of the Roman Republic Part II-The Long Defeat
The Roman Republic's victory over Carthage in the Punic Wars established Rome as the dominant power in the Mediterranean. But not without cost. In order to defeat Carthage, Rome had to resort to it's ...
13 Mai 201947min
Episode 55: The Fall of the Roman Republic Part I-Features of the Republic
Does history repeat itself? Many people have asked this question over the years, but it seems more relevant as interested parties look to the past for answers to solve our seemingly increasing mess of...
22 Apr 201935min
Episode 54: Diogenes the Cynic
What can a guy who spent much of his day naked in public as he heckled bystanders from his perch in a bath tub teach us about philosophy and history? Quite a bit it turns out. Known as "the dog" for h...
1 Apr 201938min
Episode 53: African Sleeping Sickness
Colonialism and Imperialism are among the most controversial historical narratives. An outbreak of Sleeping Sickness disease in the Belgian Congo during the early 1900's provides a lens through which ...
11 Mar 201943min
