The first episode in a series covering the Wars of the Diadochi, we follow the immediate aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death with the Partition of Babylon, the Lamian War and more marriages than a Hapsburg family gathering during the years 323 – 321 B.C. Title theme by Lina Palera (@user-994392473) Distributed by suRRism-phonoethics (surrism-phonoethics.bandcamp.com/)…

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After reading a whole bunch of books, we’ve finally gotten to the odyssey part of the Odyssey! Giants, dead people, sort-of-goddesses—these books have it all.

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After witnessing the Varus killing fields, They were furious and wanted revenge against Arminius and the Cherusci. Maybe Germs had calculated this? Or maybe it was […]

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Think the Amazons of Greek myth were mythical? Think again. The Greeks based their Amazons on the real-life warrior women next door. Centuries ago, ancient writers claimed that Scythian women of the Eurasian Steppe fought in battle alongside their men. Now, with modern bioarchaeology, the bones of fierce female warriors have emerged from their grave…

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Pope Zephyrinus was ‘a simple man, without education’, or so we are told. In this episode, we will discuss Zephyrinus’s life, his policies, and determine whether or not to take salty sources at face value.

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