007 – Living with the Lombards
575-589 The Lombards start to settle down and get to know the neighbourhood and the troublesome neighbours as they go through an interregnum of the Dukes before they get back to electing a king and ba...
7 Feb 201820min
006 – Here come the Lombards
555-574 A quick look at the brief period of Byzantine rule before the arrival of the Lombards in 568 and then we look at their invasion of Italy and hear a bit of juicy royal gossip
31 Jan 201819min
005 – The Gothic War continues
540-554 The war between the Ostrogoths in Italy and the imperial forces of Byzantium continues from 540 and reaches it's end in 552
24 Jan 201820min
004 – Queen Amalasuntha and Byztantium gets annoyed
526-540 From the death of Theodoric the great in 526, through the regency of his daughter Amalasuntha, to the end of the first phase of the Gothic war in 540
17 Jan 201818min
003 – Theodoric and the rise and fall of the Ostrogoth kingdom
493-526 From 493 when Theodoric the Great took contro of the Italian peninsula to his death in 526
10 Jan 201820min
002 – The new Italian kingdom from Odoacer to Theodoric
476-493 The Italian kingdom of Odoacer (476 – 493) and the takeover by the Goths of Theodoric the Great
3 Jan 201818min
001 – The end of the end and the beginning of the beginning (408 - 476)
410-476 We go back before the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 to focus on three key events and names: Alaric, Attila and Odoacer.Presented by our partner Explore Worldwide, check out their tou...
3 Jan 201822min
000 – Launch
This is our launch episode in which we outline the content and intentions foe the podcast
6 Okt 201710min
