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T.E. Sarma, narrative history by season
Rome Retold
20 episodes indexed · 8 hours
Presented by T.E. Sarma
Organised into seasons, so a period is easy to take on its own; season three is the Punic Wars. Twenty episodes and eight hours, clean chronology, no guests, and short enough to finish a season on a long drive.
Where to start. Season one, or the season covering the period you want. Aeneas & The Beginning · 19 min
I feel like…
Thinking Any Cogitare, how it was thought and ordered
Government9 Law and punishment5 Archaeology1 Religion1 Myth and legend3 Art, music and letters1
Feeling Any Sentire, what was lived and endured
Power struggle1 Daily life1 Slavery1
Doing Any Facere, what hands made and did
Battle4 The army1 Money and trade2 Life on the frontier3
Period Any when it happens
The kings7 The Republic17 The late Republic4 The Pax Romana4 The third-century crisis4 Christian Rome4 The fall of the west4
All 20 episodes, in order. Every title links straight to the episode.
Aeneas & The Beginning + Player 19m Romulus + Player 21m The Kings of Rome + Player 34m The Last King + Player 22m Roman Values + Player 26m The Republican Government, Part I + Player 28m The Republican Government, Part II + Player 30m Our Ancient Sources + Player 20m The Latins & Etruscans + Player 19m The Samnite Wars + Player 28m The Pyrrhic War + Player 20m Conflict of the Orders Part I + Player 28m Conflict of the Orders Part II + Player 22m Roman Colonies + Player 31m Roman Slavery + Player 30m The Republican Government, Part III + Player 24m Prelude to War + Player 18m The First Punic War + Player 37m Interwar Years + Player 26m The Second Punic War Begins + Player 27m