End Of Season 2 Announcement
It's the end of Season 2--and we'll be back February 28! Listen in as we tell you what we've got coming up in Season 3. Get ad-free episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/ancienthistoryfangirl Learn m...
31 Jan 20198min
The Ancient-World Stark Family, Part 4: Dux Femina
Of the six children of Germanicus, Agrippina the Younger is the last woman standing. Both savvier than her siblings and more ruthless, she quickly rises to stratospheric levels of power--using any and...
17 Jan 20191h 37min
The Ancient-World Stark Family, Part 3: Agrippina and the Wolf Girl
With their brother Caligula dead, the two remaining Germanicus children--Julia Livilla and Agrippina--are called home from exile. The new emperor, their uncle Claudius, welcomes them with open arms. L...
3 Jan 20191h 15min
Saturnalia: So Much More than Roman Christmas
Wish you had a holiday all about feasting, drinking, the upending of the social order, blood sacrifices, the harvest, pranks, novelty gifts, honouring a god who devoured his kids, and the returning su...
20 Dec 20181h 3min
The Ancient-World Stark Family, Part 2: The Rise and Fall of Little Boots
With their parents and older brothers dead, the four remaining Germanicus children (Agrippina, Julia Drusilla, Julia Livilla, and Caligula) face an uncertain future. Caligula falls into the clutches o...
6 Dec 20181h 28min
The Ancient-World Stark Family, Part 1: Germanicus the Manicus
Close your eyes and imagine a loving family. Devoted parents and six children: three happy brothers and three happy sisters. The father, Germanicus, is a war hero—beloved by the people, and next in li...
22 Nov 20181h 21min
Locusta the Poisoner: Rome's Deadliest Assassin
Ancient Rome was full of rich, ambitious social climbers in a cutthroat political environment—people who had enemies to get rid of, and deep pockets to pay for the service. Poison assassins were in hi...
8 Nov 20181h 1min
Ancient Vampires: They Only Knock Once
Communities all over the ancient world had a problem: their dead wouldn't stay in the ground. They rose up as shambolic corpses, gusts of wind and evil spirits, draining human life force and devouring...
25 Okt 20181h 28min
