Episode 3.12: Teutoburg Forest
“Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at...
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Episode 3.12: Teutoburg Forest
“Give me back my legions!” cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome’s crushing defeat at...
34:07
Episode 3.11: Greece: History, Myth, and Music in the Land of the Gods
Let’s discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to...
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Mark Antony! Octavian Caesar! And Cleopatra! They fought in the Battle of Actium to decide the fate of the Roman...
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Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and...
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It’s hardly a household word today, but Zama decided the fate of Rome. Join us for the epic battle of two...
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Hannibal’s victory at Cannae was one of the most dramatic in history yet ultimately one of the least fruitful....
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Follow one of history’s most dramatic clashes of kings, when Alexander and Darius fought, for the first time,...
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Learn how Alexander won his first clash with the Persian army, in a cavalry battle on the banks of a river in what is...
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Episode 3.3: Thermopylae and Us, A Conversation with Brett McKay
We talk to Brett McKay, of The Art of Manliness, about Thermopylae, 300 Spartans, and their meaning for us today.
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“Go Tell the Spartans” – and what that famous phrase means.
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What’s the history of the great battle behind the famous race? Join us and find out.
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears for the real story of Caesar’s Funeral.
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Episode 2:3: The Ides of March
What really happened in the Roman Senate meeting where Julius Caesar was assassinated? Join me and Dr. Francesco...
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Who were the men who plotted to kill Caesar and what were their motivations? Join me and classicist Michael Fontaine...
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Episode 2.1: Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar’s relationship with Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra marked a turning point on the road to the Ides of...
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Would you die for dignity? Julius Caesar unleashed a civil war for it, and tens of thousands of Romans followed him...
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Would you die for freedom? Learn how Spartacus and 70+ gladiators set Italy ablaze in their quest for liberty…and for...
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Would you die for a leader who seemed to be Mars himself: the god of war come down to earth? That was the question...
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Would you die for a dream? If the dreamer were Alexander the Great, you might.
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Friday Flashback: Che Guevara
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