King Pyrrhus of Epirus and a New Age of Mediterranean Politics
While the Punic Wars mark the stage of Roman history with which most people are familiar, Rome's entrance onto the stage of Mediterranean power politics actually came a decade earlier, with a bloody, ...
23 Jan 202538min
The Tyrants of Syracuse and the Wars with Carthage
As the fourth century drew to a close, Rome wasn't the only rising power in the central Mediterranean; Syracuse and Carthage were battling for dominance in Sicily and beyond, fighting devastating wars...
16 Jan 202542min
Excavating a Scythian Royal Burial Mound: Interview with Dr. Gino Caspari
Dr. Gino Caspari returns to discuss the extraordinary finds at his most recent excavation of an early (maybe the earliest) Scythian royal burial mound in Siberia! We discuss horse sacrifice, state for...
9 Jan 202538min
What If: Alexander the Great had Died at the Granicus River?
How would history look different if Alexander the Great had died in 334 BC? Would Macedonia still have conquered most of Asia?Patrick's book is now available! Get The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, ...
2 Jan 202532min
The Birth of the Carthaginian Empire
Carthage spent most of the fifth century BC building up its economy, but in the aftermath of the disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily, the Carthaginians decided that the time was ripe to create a ...
26 Des 202440min
The Fall of the Carolingian Empire: Interview with Dr. David Perry
Much of what we take for granted about the European Middle Ages was a product of the Carolingian dynasty, particularly its most notable member, Charlemagne. But before long, the empire Charlemagne bui...
19 Des 202454min
The End of the Age of the Successors
By the 280s BC, only a few of the men who had ridden the length and breadth of Asia with Alexander were still alive, and the world they had spent decades fighting to make was ready to be born: the Hel...
12 Des 202439min
Being a Soldier During the Thirty Years War: Interview with Dr. Lucian Staiano-Daniels
What was it like to be a soldier during the Thirty Years War? I spoke with Dr. Lucian Staiano-Daniels, author of the upcoming book The War People: A Social History of Common Soldiers during the Era of...
5 Des 20241h 5min
