Alaric's Sack of Rome 410: Stilicho's Murder and 3,000 Pounds of Pepper
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Alaric began as a Gothic officer fighting for Rome. At the Battle of the Frigidus in 394, Empero...
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Catalaunian Plains 451: Aetius Lets Attila Escape His Saddle Pyre
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 450, Honoria, sister of the Western Roman emperor Valentinian III, smuggled a ring and a lett...
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Spanish Armada 1588: Fire Ships at Calais and the Storms That Won
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Philip II ran his empire from his desk in the Escorial, and his plan to invade England showed it...
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Battle of Talas 751: Karluk Defection and the Paper-Making Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In July 751, near the modern border of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the armies of Tang China and t...
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Charge of the Light Brigade 1854: Nolan's Fatal Gesture at Balaklava
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On October 25, 1854, during the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War, Lord Raglan watched from...
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Cinco de Mayo: Zaragoza's Maguey Ambush of the French at Puebla 1862
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Mexico's Independence Day is September 16, marking the 1810 Cry of Dolores. Cinco de Mayo marks ...
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Assaye 1803: Wellesley's Hidden Ford Against Pohlmann's Maratha Guns
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The future Duke of Wellington called Assaye, fought in central India in September 1803, his fine...
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The Fifth Column: From the Siege of Madrid to Saddam Hussein's 1979 Purge
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A fifth column is a clandestine group working inside a nation or organization to undermine it fo...
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