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Tristan Hughes

Tristan Hughes presents The Ancients. 237 episodes of it here, plus 17 appearances elsewhere, 389h in all, from 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 Was The Minotaur Created?Echoes of History39m
5. 2026How to Survive on Hadrian’s WallThe Ancients1h
6. 2026Iron Age BritainThe Ancients59m
7. 2026Rise of ChristianityThe Ancients1h
8. 2026Romulus & RemusThe Ancients59m
9. 2026Shapur I: Rome's Greatest Enemy?The Ancients58m
10. 2026SpartacusThe Ancients1h
11. 2026The Catiline ConspiracyThe Ancients1h
12. 2026The Fall of Hadrian's WallThe Ancients1h
13. 2026The First PopesThe Ancients56m
14. 2026The Last Days of PompeiiThe Ancients1h
15. 2026The Origins of Rome's EmpireThe Ancients58m
16. 2026The Prehistoric PlagueThe Ancients48m
17. 2026The Roman CenturionThe Ancients1h
18. 2026The Romans and ChinaThe Ancients58m
19. 2026The VandalsThe Ancients50m
20. 2026What If Alexander Fought Rome?The Ancients1h
21. 2026What if the Ides of March Failed?The Ancients1h
22. 2025541 AD: The Worst Year in HistoryThe Ancients1h
23. 2025Antony and CleopatraThe Ancients53m
24. 2025Barbarian Invaders: The Sacks of RomeThe Ancients1h
25. 2025Boudica's Tribe: How the Iceni Survived the RomansThe Ancients1h
26. 2025Decline & Fall of the Ancient WorldThe Ancients46m
27. 2025Did Plague Destroy the Roman Empire?The Ancients1h
28. 2025Emperor Diocletian and the Great PersecutionThe Ancients57m
29. 2025Emperor Tiberius: Monster or Misunderstood?The Ancients53m
30. 2025Fall of Roman LondonThe Ancients58m
31. 2025Gladiators: A Day in the LifeThe Ancients59m
32. 2025Hannibal's March on RomeThe Ancients55m
33. 2025HerculaneumThe Ancients1h
34. 2025How Greece Shaped Rome with Mary BeardThe Ancients53m
35. 2025How to Survive in CarthageThe Ancients1h
36. 2025Livia: Empress of RomeThe Ancients1h
37. 2025Marcus Aurelius: The Philosopher EmperorThe Ancients1h
38. 2025Paestum: Ancient Greeks in ItalyThe Ancients55m
39. 2025Pirates of the MediterraneanThe Ancients1h
40. 2025Pompeii: The Buried CityThe Ancients52m
41. 2025Rise of Julius CaesarThe Ancients51m
42. 2025Rise of King HerodThe Ancients48m
43. 2025Rise of NeroThe Ancients1h
44. 2025Roman AqueductsThe Ancients1h
45. 2025Roman ToiletsThe Ancients1h
46. 2025Rome's Crisis of the Third CenturyThe Ancients1h
47. 2025Sparta vs Athens: The Peloponnesian WarEchoes of History56m
48. 2025The Council of NicaeaThe Ancients38m
49. 2025The Fall of Rome: OriginsThe Ancients1h
50. 2025The FranksThe Ancients50m
51. 2025The Great Jewish RevoltThe Ancients53m
52. 2025The Khmer Empire: Angkor WatThe Ancients37m
53. 2025The Last Roman EmperorsThe Ancients1h
54. 2025The Minoan Labyrinth: Myth or Reality?Echoes of History39m
55. 2025The Picts: Rulers of the NorthThe Ancients45m
56. 2025The Praetorian Guard: Rise to PowerThe Ancients1h
57. 2025The Roman Invasion of BritainThe Ancients46m
58. 2025The SaxonsThe Ancients48m
59. 2025The Sons of Attila the HunThe Ancients46m
60. 2025The White HunsThe Ancients53m
61. 2025Who Was the Real King Arthur?The Ancients53m
62. 2025Xanthippe: The Formidable Wife of SocratesEchoes of History46m
63. 2024Battle of Teutoburg Forest: The Roman InvasionThe Ancients41m
64. 2024CaligulaThe Ancients47m
65. 2024Caracalla & Geta: The Real Emperors of Gladiator IIThe Ancients54m
66. 2024CiceroThe Ancients36m
67. 2024Commodus: The Gladiator EmperorThe Ancients54m
68. 2024Domina: Women Who Shaped RomeThe Ancients51m
69. 2024DruidsThe Ancients45m
70. 2024Emperor ConstantineThe Ancients51m
71. 2024Emperor Macrinus: Usurper of RomeThe Ancients56m
72. 2024Fall of the EtruscansThe Ancients55m
73. 2024Hadrian's WallThe Ancients51m
74. 2024How to Survive in Ancient RomeThe Ancients47m
75. 2024Massacre at Teutoburg ForestThe Ancients53m
76. 2024Origins of CarthageThe Ancients54m
77. 2024Origins of the CeltsThe Ancients49m
78. 2024Persia Reborn: Rise of the SasaniansThe Ancients50m
79. 2024Pontius PilateThe Ancients45m
80. 2024Pyrrhus: Warlord of Ancient GreeceThe Ancients1h
81. 2024Roman RoadsThe Ancients47m
82. 2024Roman Special ForcesThe Ancients28m
83. 2024Spartacus: Life or LegendThe Ancients47m
84. 2024SullaThe Ancients51m
85. 2024The Circus MaximusThe Ancients40m
86. 2024The Cleopatras: A Dynasty of Rule BreakersThe Ancients47m
87. 2024The Fall of CarthageThe Ancients1h
88. 2024The Fall of Mark Antony: From Caesar to CleopatraThe Ancients45m
89. 2024The Fall of Roman BritainThe Ancients1h
90. 2024The GothsThe Ancients46m
91. 2024The PantheonThe Ancients43m
92. 2024The ParthiansThe Ancients54m
93. 2024The Rise of Mark AntonyThe Ancients42m
94. 2024The Roman AuxiliaryThe Ancients46m
95. 2024The Roman GladiatorThe Ancients1h
96. 2024The Romans and India with William DalrympleThe Ancients48m
97. 2024The ThraciansThe Ancients48m
98. 2024Who Built The Parthenon?Echoes of History55m
99. 2024Zenobia: Queen of PalmyraThe Ancients34m
100. 2023AchillesDan Snow's History Hit40m
101. 2023Alexander The GreatDan Snow's History Hit54m
102. 2023Aphrodite: Goddess of LoveDan Snow's History Hit51m
103. 2023Attila the Hun: Scourge of GodThe Ancients44m
104. 2023Attila the Hun: Terror of RomeThe Ancients44m
105. 2023Boudica's Battle of BritainThe Ancients38m
106. 2023Cleopatra's DaughterThe Ancients36m
107. 2023Gladiators in BritainThe Ancients47m
108. 2023Gladiators of PompeiiThe Ancients39m
109. 2023Hades: King of the UnderworldDan Snow's History Hit57m
110. 2023KnossosDan Snow's History Hit49m
111. 2023Messalina: Empress of RomeThe Ancients39m
112. 2023Pompeii: Life Before the EruptionThe Ancients35m
113. 2023Pompeii: The Eruption of VesuviusThe Ancients40m
114. 2023Ravenna and the Fall of RomeThe Ancients52m
115. 2023Rise of HannibalThe Ancients1h
116. 2023Roman Beast HuntsThe Ancients33m
117. 2023Roman Emperors with Mary BeardThe Ancients40m
118. 2023Septimius SeverusThe Ancients41m
119. 2023Sex Work in PompeiiThe Ancients37m
120. 2023The Assassination of Julius CaesarThe Ancients50m

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