Preface: years and years ago, my first foray into ‘ancient history newsletters’ was a thing called The Ancient World on Television (AWOTV). It was very popular, but unfortunately over time, the stations which purported to be presenting ‘history’ documentaries (e.g. the History Channel) became more interested in ‘reality’ shows and it became increasingly frustrating trying to find material. Over the past while I’ve been toying with the idea of sort of resurrecting the AWOTV, but this time focusing on things like podcasts (note the list of podcasts on the title bar above this) and a variety of things from Youtube (documentaries, lectures, etc.). The initial idea — I’ll see how long this works — is to present links to podcasts which were updated that week (if possible), some ‘blasts from the past’ which might be of interest, and some video content. It’s not meant to be exhaustive, but should give you enough material to occupy your downtime as needed. Ideally this will be posted on a weekly basis (probably on Sundays). So without further ado, my initial foray into this project:
Recentiores:
- MythTake Episode 18: Homeric Hymn to Dionysus
- Senses – Classics Confidential
- The History of Ancient Greece Podcast: 028 – The Rise of Carthage
- Episode 67 – Coriolanus – Exiled! | The Partial Historians
- 43 Aurelian | Roman Emperors: Totalus Rankium
- Ben-Hur | The History Network
Alia:
- Ep. 027 – Odysseus Builds a Boat | The Maritime History Podcast
- Lost Tomb of Achilles, Part I by Ancient Heroes Podcast
From Youtube:
Time Commanders: The Battle of Zama (BBC):
The Colosseum before the scaffolding came down (Darius Arya):
Lecture: Cycle céramique. Γιώργος Κυριακόπουλος (Ecole Francaise d’Athenes … lecture in Greek):
Lecture: Arredi di lusso da Ercolano. Maria Paola Guidobaldi (British School at Rome … lecture in Italian; not really video)
Lecture: New Discoveries in Ancient Turkey. C. Brian Rose (Penn Museum):
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