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Tristan Hughes

Tristan Hughes presents The Ancients. We hold 237 episodes here, 375h of them, spanning 2020–2026.

Mostly on Roman Life, Army and Culture, The Fall of the West and The Julio-Claudians.

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1. 2026Augustus vs Agrippa with Robert HarrisThe Ancients57m
2. 2026Boudica and the IceniThe Ancients56m
3. 2026How Slavery Built the Roman EmpireThe Ancients1h
4. 2026How to Survive on Hadrian’s WallThe Ancients1h
5. 2026Iron Age BritainThe Ancients59m
6. 2026Rise of ChristianityThe Ancients1h
7. 2026Romulus & RemusThe Ancients59m
8. 2026Shapur I: Rome's Greatest Enemy?The Ancients58m
9. 2026SpartacusThe Ancients1h
10. 2026The Catiline ConspiracyThe Ancients1h
11. 2026The Fall of Hadrian's WallThe Ancients1h
12. 2026The First PopesThe Ancients56m
13. 2026The Last Days of PompeiiThe Ancients1h
14. 2026The Origins of Rome's EmpireThe Ancients58m
15. 2026The Prehistoric PlagueThe Ancients48m
16. 2026The Roman CenturionThe Ancients1h
17. 2026The Romans and ChinaThe Ancients58m
18. 2026The VandalsThe Ancients50m
19. 2026What If Alexander Fought Rome?The Ancients1h
20. 2026What if the Ides of March Failed?The Ancients1h
21. 2025541 AD: The Worst Year in HistoryThe Ancients1h
22. 2025Antony and CleopatraThe Ancients53m
23. 2025Barbarian Invaders: The Sacks of RomeThe Ancients1h
24. 2025Boudica's Tribe: How the Iceni Survived the RomansThe Ancients1h
25. 2025Decline & Fall of the Ancient WorldThe Ancients46m
26. 2025Did Plague Destroy the Roman Empire?The Ancients1h
27. 2025Emperor Diocletian and the Great PersecutionThe Ancients57m
28. 2025Emperor Tiberius: Monster or Misunderstood?The Ancients53m
29. 2025Fall of Roman LondonThe Ancients58m
30. 2025Gladiators: A Day in the LifeThe Ancients59m
31. 2025Hannibal's March on RomeThe Ancients55m
32. 2025HerculaneumThe Ancients1h
33. 2025How Greece Shaped Rome with Mary BeardThe Ancients53m
34. 2025How to Survive in CarthageThe Ancients1h
35. 2025Livia: Empress of RomeThe Ancients1h
36. 2025Marcus Aurelius: The Philosopher EmperorThe Ancients1h
37. 2025Paestum: Ancient Greeks in ItalyThe Ancients55m
38. 2025Pirates of the MediterraneanThe Ancients1h
39. 2025Pompeii: The Buried CityThe Ancients52m
40. 2025Rise of Julius CaesarThe Ancients51m
41. 2025Rise of King HerodThe Ancients48m
42. 2025Rise of NeroThe Ancients1h
43. 2025Roman AqueductsThe Ancients1h
44. 2025Roman ToiletsThe Ancients1h
45. 2025Rome's Crisis of the Third CenturyThe Ancients1h
46. 2025The Council of NicaeaThe Ancients38m
47. 2025The Fall of Rome: OriginsThe Ancients1h
48. 2025The FranksThe Ancients50m
49. 2025The Great Jewish RevoltThe Ancients53m
50. 2025The Khmer Empire: Angkor WatThe Ancients37m
51. 2025The Last Roman EmperorsThe Ancients1h
52. 2025The Picts: Rulers of the NorthThe Ancients45m
53. 2025The Praetorian Guard: Rise to PowerThe Ancients1h
54. 2025The Roman Invasion of BritainThe Ancients46m
55. 2025The SaxonsThe Ancients48m
56. 2025The Sons of Attila the HunThe Ancients46m
57. 2025The White HunsThe Ancients53m
58. 2025Who Was the Real King Arthur?The Ancients53m
59. 2024Battle of Teutoburg Forest: The Roman InvasionThe Ancients41m
60. 2024CaligulaThe Ancients47m
61. 2024Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator IIThe Ancients54m
62. 2024CiceroThe Ancients36m
63. 2024Commodus: The Gladiator EmperorThe Ancients54m
64. 2024Domina: Women Who Shaped RomeThe Ancients51m
65. 2024DruidsThe Ancients45m
66. 2024Emperor ConstantineThe Ancients51m
67. 2024Emperor Macrinus: Usurper of RomeThe Ancients56m
68. 2024Fall of the EtruscansThe Ancients55m
69. 2024Hadrian's WallThe Ancients51m
70. 2024How to Survive in Ancient RomeThe Ancients47m
71. 2024Massacre at Teutoburg ForestThe Ancients53m
72. 2024Origins of CarthageThe Ancients54m
73. 2024Origins of the CeltsThe Ancients49m
74. 2024Persia Reborn: Rise of the SasaniansThe Ancients50m
75. 2024Pontius PilateThe Ancients45m
76. 2024Pyrrhus: Warlord of Ancient GreeceThe Ancients1h
77. 2024Roman RoadsThe Ancients47m
78. 2024Roman Special ForcesThe Ancients28m
79. 2024Spartacus: Life or LegendThe Ancients47m
80. 2024SullaThe Ancients51m
81. 2024The Circus MaximusThe Ancients40m
82. 2024The Cleopatras: A Dynasty of Rule BreakersThe Ancients47m
83. 2024The Fall of CarthageThe Ancients1h
84. 2024The Fall of Mark Antony: From Caesar to CleopatraThe Ancients45m
85. 2024The Fall of Roman BritainThe Ancients1h
86. 2024The GothsThe Ancients46m
87. 2024The PantheonThe Ancients43m
88. 2024The ParthiansThe Ancients54m
89. 2024The Rise of Mark AntonyThe Ancients42m
90. 2024The Roman AuxiliaryThe Ancients46m
91. 2024The Roman GladiatorThe Ancients1h
92. 2024The Romans and India with William DalrympleThe Ancients48m
93. 2024The ThraciansThe Ancients48m
94. 2024Zenobia: Queen of PalmyraThe Ancients34m
95. 2023Attila the Hun: Scourge of GodThe Ancients44m
96. 2023Attila the Hun: Terror of RomeThe Ancients44m
97. 2023Boudica's Battle of BritainThe Ancients38m
98. 2023Cleopatra's DaughterThe Ancients36m
99. 2023Gladiators in BritainThe Ancients47m
100. 2023Gladiators of PompeiiThe Ancients39m
101. 2023Messalina: Empress of RomeThe Ancients39m
102. 2023Pompeii: Life Before the EruptionThe Ancients35m
103. 2023Pompeii: The Eruption of VesuviusThe Ancients40m
104. 2023Ravenna and the Fall of RomeThe Ancients52m
105. 2023Rise of HannibalThe Ancients1h
106. 2023Roman Beast HuntsThe Ancients33m
107. 2023Roman Emperors with Mary BeardThe Ancients40m
108. 2023Septimius SeverusThe Ancients41m
109. 2023Sex Work in PompeiiThe Ancients37m
110. 2023The Assassination of Julius CaesarThe Ancients50m
111. 2023The Great Fire of RomeThe Ancients41m
112. 2023The Kings of RomeThe Ancients57m
113. 2023The PictsThe Ancients43m
114. 2023The Roman LegionaryThe Ancients1h
115. 2023The Roman Secret ServiceThe Ancients29m
116. 2023The Vandals: Destroyers of RomeThe Ancients49m
117. 2023Treasures of PompeiiThe Ancients38m
118. 2022Alexander The Great vs Julius CaesarThe Ancients45m
119. 2022Before Rome: The Truth About Late Iron Age BritainThe Ancients43m
120. 2022BethlehemThe Ancients52m

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