podcasts
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#podcastitas ~ How to Survive a Siege, Part 1: Street Cleaners of Carthage — Ancient History Fangirl
How would you survive an ancient siege? We take a close look at the brutal siege of Carthage at the end of the Punic Wars–and give you a few tips and hacks for staying alive when the enemy has breached the gates. via How to Survive a Siege, Part 1: Street Cleaners of Carthage…
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As central government disappeared from what had been the Western Roman Empire, the barbarian kingdoms stepped into the void, creating new forms of rulership and institutions that would lay the groundwork for the fragmented, fractured medieval world. via The Fall of Rome Podcast, Episode 21: Rome’s Legacy and the Barbarian Kingdoms — The Fall of…
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A substantial portion of the Persian fleet was wrecked in a storm in 492 BCE, but after Darius ordered it to be rebuilt, they set sail for Greece in the summer of 490. […] via Ep. 034 – Marathon and Persian Naval Power —
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…]Synopsis: Aurelian returns East to crush Palmyrene revolts in Syria and Egypt. The sources relate differing accounts of Zenobia’s ultimate fate. “To the tumultuous throng which crowded under these porticoes the solitude of death has succeeded. […] via Episode B53 – Memento Mori — The Ancient World
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via episode 51: Horace and Augustan Poetry — Literature and History
rogue classicism 