Mike Duncan, 179 episodes, 2007 to 2012

The History of Rome

189 recordings · 179 numbered episodes · 70 hours

Presented by Mike Duncan

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Periods · The kings, The Republic, The late Republic, The Pax Romana, The third-century crisis, Christian Rome, The fall of the west

Themes · Power struggle Battle Government Life on the frontier Religion Intrigue The army Money and trade

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Three ways into a hundred and seventy-nine episodes.

  1. 11 min · This episode

    In the Beginning

    Eleven minutes, and everything after it follows in order.

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  2. 15 min · This episode

    The War With Hannibal

    Hannibal gets five straight episodes, 023a to 023e, eighty-seven minutes together, and this is where that run opens.

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  3. 24 min · This episode

    Caesar Triumphant

    Caesar runs from 039 to 044, and this is the episode it lands on.

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Duncan recorded this while working in the fish trade, alone, with no co-host and no sound designer, and took the story from the founding myth to the deposition of the last western emperor in 179 episodes. It won best educational podcast at the 2010 Podcast Awards and has stayed at the head of the field for the fifteen years since. Seventy hours are indexed here. The first dozen episodes sound like a man in a cupboard, and he gets audibly better around thirty. What you get for the length is continuity: by the third century you know the families, and the collapse lands because you watched it get built.

Where to start. Episode 1. Fifteen minutes, and it is built to be the beginning. 001 In the Beginning · 11 min

I feel like…

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Cogitare, how it was thought and ordered

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Sentire, what was lived and endured

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Facere, what hands made and did

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when it happens

All 189 episodes, in order. Every title links straight to the episode.

  1. 001In the Beginning11m
  2. 002Youthful Indiscretions11m
  3. 003aThe Seven Kings of Rome16m
  4. 003bThe Seven Kings of Rome18m
  5. 004The Public Thing14m
  6. 005Trials and Tribunlations15m
  7. 006The Twelve Tables15m
  8. 007The Roman Washington12m
  9. 008Decades of Gloom15m
  10. 009A Trojan War13m
  11. 010Barbarians at the Gates15m
  12. 011The Morning After16m
  13. 012The First Samnite War18m
  14. 013The Latin War14m
  15. 014aA Phalanx With Joints11m
  16. 014bA Phalanx With Joints16m
  17. 015aThe Second Samnite War18m
  18. 015bThe Second Samnite War14m
  19. 016The Third Samnite War15m
  20. 017Pyrrhic Victories17m
  21. 018A History of Rome Christmas12m
  22. 019Prelude to the First Punic War16m
  23. 020aThe First Punic War22m
  24. 020bThe First Punic War22m
  25. 021Interbellum15m
  26. 022Prelude to the Second Punic War14m
  27. 023aThe War With Hannibal15m
  28. 023bThe War With Hannibal17m
  29. 023cThe War With Hannibal15m
  30. 023dThe War With Hannibal22m
  31. 023eThe War With Hannibal18m
  32. 024The Second Macedonian War16m
  33. 025The Syrian War13m
  34. 026The Third Macedonian War14m
  35. 027Mopping Up14m
  36. 028Taking Stock13m
  37. 029Tiberius Gracchus15m
  38. 030Gaius Gracchus16m
  39. 031aMarius15m
  40. 031bMarius15m
  41. 032The Social War14m
  42. 033Marius and Sulla15m
  43. 034No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy20m
  44. 035Crassus and Pompey19m
  45. 036I Am Spartacus!19m
  46. 037Go East Young Man19m
  47. 038The Catiline Conspiracy20m
  48. 039The Young Julius Caesar Chronicles22m
  49. 040In the Consulship of Julius and Caesar23m
  50. 041aThe Gallic Wars20m
  51. 041bThe Gallic Wars25m
  52. 042Meanwhile, Back in Rome24m
  53. 043Insert Well Known Idiom Here26m
  54. 044Caesar Triumphant24m
  55. 045The End of the War23m
  56. 046Sic Semper Tyrannis21m
  57. 047Octavius-Octavian22m
  58. 048The Second Triumvirate24m
  59. 049Apollo and Dionysus26m
  60. 050The Donations of Alexandria25m
  61. 051Actium24m
  62. 052Caesar Augustus27m
  63. 053Reigning Supreme23m
  64. 054All in the Family24m
  65. 055Teutoburg Nightmares25m
  66. 056The King is Dead, Long Live the King20m
  67. 057Germanicus25m
  68. 058Partner of my Labors26m
  69. 059To the Tiber with Tiberius22m
  70. 060No Better Slave, No Worse Master22m
  71. 061What, me Claudius?21m
  72. 062Take My Wife...Please24m
  73. 063A Farewell to Claudius25m
  74. 064Smite My Womb24m
  75. 065Burn It To The Ground24m
  76. 06666623m
  77. 067What an Artist the World is Losing22m
  78. 068Three Emperors21m
  79. 069As History of Rome Wedding16m
  80. 070Galba and Otho: The History of Rome26m
  81. 071Otho and Vitellius23m
  82. 072Vitellius and Vespasian25m
  83. 073The Only Man Who Improved26m
  84. 074Friends I Have Wasted a Day22m
  85. 075The Forgotten Son26m
  86. 076Mock Triumphs22m
  87. 077What Time is It?23m
  88. 078Imperial Stop Gap23m
  89. 079The Dacian Wars22m
  90. 080Optimus Trajan21m
  91. 081The Greekling22m
  92. 082Hadrian's Walls27m
  93. 083May His Bones Be Crushed25m
  94. 084Longing For Death27m
  95. 085Antoninus the Dutiful27m
  96. 086Wealth and Class26m
  97. 087Thinking and Feeling27m
  98. 088A Day in the Life23m
  99. 089Provincial Matters43m
  100. 090The Hundredth Episode33m
  101. 091Marcus and Lucius and the Parthians24m
  102. 092The Parthian War23m
  103. 093The Marcomannic Wars24m
  104. 094Revolt and Meditations25m
  105. 095The Beginning of the End23m
  106. 096The Most Aptly Named Emperor26m
  107. 097The Fall of Hercules27m
  108. 098Purchasing Power23m
  109. 099What Evil Have I Done?24m
  110. 100Black and White and Severus All Over24m
  111. 101And All Was of Little Value24m
  112. 102The Common Enemy of Mankind22m
  113. 103The Equestrian26m
  114. 104Here Comes the Sun27m
  115. 105The Last Princeps25m
  116. 106Barbarian at the Gate28m
  117. 107The Year of the Six Emperors24m
  118. 108Gordian's Knot25m
  119. 109The New Millenium25m
  120. 110A Gothic Horror24m
  121. 111Phase One Complete27m
  122. 112Captured Alive25m
  123. 113Three Empires26m
  124. 114The Nadir of Our Fortunes28m
  125. 115Phase Two Complete25m
  126. 116Here Come the Illyrians23m
  127. 117Aurelian's Walls26m
  128. 118The Palmyrene Wars28m
  129. 119Restitutor Orbis26m
  130. 120Interregnum25m
  131. 121Phase Three Complete24m
  132. 122Jupiter and Hercules25m
  133. 123The Tertrarchy23m
  134. 124The Tetrarchs at War25m
  135. 125The Best Defence is a Good Defence25m
  136. 126All The King's Men28m
  137. 127Commanding The Economy27m
  138. 128The Great Persecution28m
  139. 129Abdication26m
  140. 130Lost in Transition28m
  141. 131The New Game in Town25m
  142. 132In This Sign26m
  143. 133The Milvian Bridge24m
  144. 134And Then There Were Two23m
  145. 135Brothers in Name Only26m
  146. 136Let This Be Our Final Battle23m
  147. 137The Christian Emperor21m
  148. 138The New Rome26m
  149. 139Wash Away Your Sins22m
  150. 140My Three Sons23m
  151. 141Blood and Water26m
  152. 142You've Earned It25m
  153. 143Julian the Pre-Apostate25m
  154. 144The Road to Constantinople25m
  155. 145Julian the Apostate27m
  156. 146The Spear of Destiny23m
  157. 147Capitulation25m
  158. 148The Cousin's Cousin25m
  159. 149The Great Conspiracy26m
  160. 150The Perils of Mismanagement24m
  161. 151Bursting a Blood Vessel24m
  162. 152The Storm Before the Storm24m
  163. 153Adrianople23m
  164. 154The Gothic War28m
  165. 155The New Bishop of Milan27m
  166. 156Jockeying for Position26m
  167. 157Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass27m
  168. 158An Imperial Suicide21m
  169. 159The Divine Winds23m
  170. 160East vs. West23m
  171. 161The Swamps of Ravenna24m
  172. 162Opening the Floodgates26m
  173. 163Theodosius's Walls25m
  174. 164The Sack of Rome24m
  175. 165Reviving the Roman Name25m
  176. 166As Long As She's Nice To Look At26m
  177. 167Exploiting the Opportunity25m
  178. 168The Rise of Aetius23m
  179. 169Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My24m
  180. 170Atilla Cometh23m
  181. 171The Gathering Storm16m
  182. 172Showdown25m
  183. 173The Broken Bow27m
  184. 174The Sack of Rome Part II24m
  185. 175Trying to Take It All Back23m
  186. 176The Quote Unquote Emperor25m
  187. 177The Burning Ships25m
  188. 178Not With A Bang But A Whimper28m
  189. 179The End30m