Hodie est a.d. XV Kal. Oct, 2772 AUC ~ 30 Metageitnion in the fourth year of the 699th Olympiad
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Lizzie Rogers joins us to talk all about adventurous women who packed their bags in the 18th Century and decided not to let young men have all the tourist fun.
“The fifteen years of civil war did not produce as much damage as the few seconds did on August 4th.” On the evening of August 4, 2020, Beirut—the capital of Lebanon and one of the oldest cities in the world—experienced a devastating explosion, when more than two and a half tons of ammonium nitrate detonated …
This week’s episode from the History Hit archive features the brilliant Tom Holland telling the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, an epic story of honour, adventure, dangerous women and a golden fleece. Told with wit, verve and passion, this magical tale of the first group of super-heroes will be a treat for all, whether young or old. This was recorded at the 2016 Chalke Valley history festival and first released on the Chalke Valley History Hit Podcast.
More than 1,800 years after Spartacus fought for his freedom, another rebel leader spearheaded the most successful slave revolt in history: the Haitian Revolution. That leader was a man named Toussaint L’Ouverture. This week, we invited Mike Duncan of The History of Rome and Revolutions to help us compare these two revolutionaries and discuss what advice Toussaint L’Ouverture might have had for Spartacus.
Heus, you want to learn Latin? Salve sodalis, you have come to the right place. This is a Latin podcast for beginners. With the series “Litterae Latinae Simplices”, you will set up for a journey into Latin literature, in easy spoken Latin.
Herodian was a Roman historian living and writing during the reign of the Severan dynasty. He is a valuable record of events for some of the most turbulent days of Roman history, and while at times lacking details, he knows what he’s doing with an exciting narrative. Guest: Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of the most powerful statesman in the new democracy of Athens, flourishing between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.
Book Reviews
- [BMCR] James Hankins, Virtue politics: soulcraft and statecraft in Renaissance Italy. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Andreas Sirchich von Kis-Sira, Der Aeneis-Kommentar von Juan Luis de la Cerda (1612): kritische Edition, Übersetzung und Erschließung des ersten Buchs. Noctes neolatinae, Band 36. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2020.
- [BMCR] Philip Freeman, Marcus Tullius Cicero. How to think about God: an ancient guide for believers and nonbelievers. Ancient wisdom for modern readers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019.
- [BMCR] Mark van Strydonck, Jeroen Reyniers, Fanny van Cleven, Relics @ the lab: an analytical approach to the study of relics. Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion, 20. Leuven; Paris: Peeters, 2018.
- [BMCR] Anthony J. Woodman, Tacitus. The annals of Tacitus book 4. Cambridge classical texts and commentaries, 58. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Revealing the truth about Armageddon – The Irish Catholic
Dramatic Receptions
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‘Sorting’ Out Your Day:
Today on the Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar:
If it thunders today, it portends a shortage of necessities.
… adapted from the text and translation of:
Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscan Brontoscopic Calendar, in Nancy Thomson de Grummond and Erika Simon (eds.), The Religion of the Etruscans. University of Texas Press, 2006. (Kindle edition)
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