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Patrick Wyman

Patrick Wyman presents Tides of History. We hold 87 episodes here, 88h of them, spanning 2016–2026.

Mostly on Roman Life, Army and Culture, The Fall of the West and Carthage and the Punic Wars.

87episodes
88hours
2shows
13guests met

Where to find their books

Books by Patrick Wyman at Bookshopat Amazon

Who they sit down with

Bret Devereaux2×Douglas Boin2×Walter Scheidel2×Harry Sidebottom1×Nicola Terrenato1×Kathryn Lomas1×Alexander Mariotti1×Dennis Romano1×Jeremy Armstrong1×Andrea Brock1×Simon Stoddart1×Francesca Fulminante1×Kyle Harper1×

Every appearance we have

  1. 2026A Voyage Through the Mediterranean at the Fall of CarthageTides of History33m
  2. 2026Doing Business in Mid-Republican RomeTides of History33m
  3. 2026Gladiators and the Roman Psyche: Interview with Dr. Harry SidebottomTides of History44m
  4. 2026Past Lives: Saint Patrick, Slavery, and the Fall of the Roman EmpireTides of History26m
  5. 2026The Life of Publius Afer (Rome, 200 BC)Tides of History30m
  6. 2025Experiencing the Battle of CannaeTides of History37m
  7. 2025Hannibal Invades ItalyTides of History38m
  8. 2025How and Why Rome and Carthage Went to War in 264 BCTides of History37m
  9. 2025King Pyrrhus of Epirus and a New Age of Mediterranean PoliticsTides of History38m
  10. 2025Rome Enters the Hellenistic WorldTides of History39m
  11. 2025Rome in the Middle RepublicTides of History41m
  12. 2025Rome's Deadliest Enemies: The Gauls of ItalyTides of History38m
  13. 2025Rome, Carthage, and the Punic Wars: Interview with Dr. Bret DevereauxTides of History1h
  14. 2025The Ancient Economy from Assyria to AugustusTides of History40m
  15. 2025The Carthaginian Conquest of IberiaTides of History42m
  16. 2025The Defeat of Pyrrhus and the Road to the Punic WarsTides of History40m
  17. 2025The Final Defeat of Hannibal BarcaTides of History40m
  18. 2025The First Punic WarTides of History41m
  19. 2025The Forgotten Power-Broker of the Roman Republic: Interview with Professor Douglas BoinTides of History46m
  20. 2025The Pyrrhic WarTides of History40m
  21. 2025The Rise of Scipio Africanus and the War in IberiaTides of History39m
  22. 2025The Roman Conquest of the Hellenistic WorldTides of History43m
  23. 2025The Tyrants of Syracuse and the Wars with CarthageTides of History42m
  24. 2025Why Did Rome Win?Tides of History42m
  25. 2025Why Didn't Cannae Win the War for Hannibal?Tides of History39m
  26. 2025Why Was Carthage Such a Threat to Rome? Interview with Dr. Bret Devereaux, Part 2Tides of History59m
  27. 2024Carthage, Syracuse, and the Battle for SicilyTides of History40m
  28. 2024Elite Networks, Mafia Families, and the Rise of Rome: Interview with Professor Nicola TerrenatoTides of History53m
  29. 2024Italy Before Rome: Interview with Dr. Kathryn LomasTides of History1h
  30. 2024Rome's Patrician RepublicTides of History44m
  31. 2024The Birth of the Carthaginian EmpireTides of History40m
  32. 2024The Birth of the Roman RepublicTides of History41m
  33. 2024The Fascinating History of Gladiators: Interview with Alexander MariottiTides of History58m
  34. 2024The Mediterranean World in 500 BCTides of History40m
  35. 2024The Rise of CarthageTides of History41m
  36. 2024The Roman Conquest of ItalyTides of History42m
  37. 2024The Samnites and the Alternative to RomeTides of History43m
  38. 2024Venice through the Ages, from Salt-Panners to Maritime Empire to Tourism: Interview with Professor Dennis RomanoTides of History48m
  39. 2024Warlords, War, and Society in Early Rome: Interview with Professor Jeremy ArmstrongTides of History1h
  40. 2023Building Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Andrea BrockTides of History52m
  41. 2023Cities, the Etruscans, and Global Urbanism: Interview with Professor Simon StoddartTides of History55m
  42. 2023Did Justinian Restore the Roman Empire or Ruin It? Professor Peter Sarris on the Emperor Justinian and His LegacyTides of History46m
  43. 2023The Birth of RomeTides of History40m
  44. 2023The Emergence of the EtruscansTides of History43m
  45. 2023The Last Kings of Rome and the Foundation of the Roman RepublicTides of History44m
  46. 2023The Urbanization of Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Francesca FulminanteTides of History44m
  47. 2021Mike Duncan and Patrick in Conversation at Powell's Books: "The Verge," Ancient Rome, and Doing HistoryTides of History1h
  48. 2020Alaric, the Goths, and the Sack of Rome: Interview with Professor Douglas BoinTides of History43m
  49. 2020Classic Tides: Plague, Climate, and the End of the Roman WorldTides of History43m
  50. 2020Mike Duncan on Pandemics, Revolutions, and COVID-19Tides of History1h
  51. 2020The Rising Tide of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1481Tides of History48m
  52. 2019Why Rome Never Rose Again: An Interview with Professor Walter ScheidelTides of History42m
  53. 201827: Tides of History: Why Didn't The Eastern Empire Fall?The Fall of Rome Podcast40m
  54. 201828: Tides of History: How the Eastern Roman Empire Survived Attila the Hun and the Disastrous Fifth CenturyThe Fall of Rome Podcast50m
  55. 201829: Tides of History: Justinian the Great and the Reconquest of the Western EmpireThe Fall of Rome Podcast46m
  56. 201830: Tides of History: Natural Disasters and the End of the Roman EmpireThe Fall of Rome Podcast43m
  57. 201831: Interview: Historian Kyle Harper on Disease, Climate and the Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Fall of Rome Podcast38m
  58. 2018The Fall of Constantinople and the Tragic End of the ByzantinesTides of History57m
  59. 201710: The Late Roman Army, Barbarians, and the FrontierThe Fall of Rome Podcast55m
  60. 201711: The Roman Economy Before the FallThe Fall of Rome Podcast42m
  61. 201712: The Fall of the Roman EconomyThe Fall of Rome Podcast43m
  62. 201713: The Unraveling of the Roman WorldThe Fall of Rome Podcast46m
  63. 201714: The Calamitous Fifth Century - A Narrative HistoryThe Fall of Rome Podcast43m
  64. 201715: The Death of the Roman Political SystemThe Fall of Rome Podcast44m
  65. 201716: The Kingdom of the VisigothsThe Fall of Rome Podcast43m
  66. 201717: Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Western Empire Reborn?The Fall of Rome Podcast47m
  67. 201718: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the FranksThe Fall of Rome Podcast48m
  68. 201719: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter ScheidelThe Fall of Rome Podcast33m
  69. 201720: The Anglo-Saxon Migration, the North Sea World, and the Birth of EnglandThe Fall of Rome Podcast51m
  70. 201721: Rome's Legacy and the Barbarian KingdomsThe Fall of Rome Podcast42m
  71. 201722: The Brilliance of Saint Augustine. An Interview with Elizabeth BruenigThe Fall of Rome Podcast42m
  72. 201723: Could the Roman Empire Have Survived?The Fall of Rome Podcast37m
  73. 201724: Tides of History: The Roman CityThe Fall of Rome Podcast38m
  74. 201725: Tides of History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman CityThe Fall of Rome Podcast33m
  75. 201726: Tides of History: How Latin Became the Romance LanguagesThe Fall of Rome Podcast50m
  76. 2017Introducing Tides of HistoryThe Fall of Rome Podcast14m
  77. 20161: IntroductionThe Fall of Rome Podcast36m
  78. 20162: The Barbarian WorldThe Fall of Rome Podcast39m
  79. 20163: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's EndThe Fall of Rome Podcast41m
  80. 20164: The Gothic Sack of RomeThe Fall of Rome Podcast46m
  81. 20165: Just How Screwed Up Was the Later Roman Empire?The Fall of Rome Podcast46m
  82. 20166: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman BritainThe Fall of Rome Podcast48m
  83. 20167: The Three Transformations Of Roman GaulThe Fall of Rome Podcast55m
  84. 20168: The Vandals and the Fall of Roman AfricaThe Fall of Rome Podcast49m
  85. 20169: Attila and the Empire of the HunsThe Fall of Rome Podcast55m
  86. 2016Special Episode: The End Of The GladiatorsThe Fall of Rome Podcast19m
  87. 2016The Fall of Rome PodcastThe Fall of Rome Podcast26h