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3: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's End
3: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's End
In the third episode of The Fall of Rome, we explore the Goths' migration into the Roman Empire and their desperate war ... Read more
27 Aug 2016
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4: The Gothic Sack of Rome
4: The Gothic Sack of Rome
In 395, the barbarian Goths rebelled against the Romans and fought a campaign that culminated in the sack of Rome in 410... Read more
3 Sep 2016
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6: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman Britain
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9: Attila and the Empire of the Huns
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Attila the Hun is the best-known barbarian from antiquity, but the Hunnic Empire he inherited and expanded hasn't gotten... Read more
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20: The Anglo-Saxon Migration, the North Sea World, and the Birth of England
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23: Could the Roman Empire Have Survived?
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21: Rome's Legacy and the Barbarian Kingdoms
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As central government disappeared from what had been the Western Roman Empire, the barbarian kingdoms stepped into the v... Read more
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22: The Brilliance of Saint Augustine. An Interview with Elizabeth Bruenig
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7: The Three Transformations Of Roman Gaul
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Gaul was one of the heartlands of the Roman Empire, and it encompassed a tremendous amount of diversity within its borde... Read more
20 Oct 2016
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8: The Vandals and the Fall of Roman Africa
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18: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the Franks
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19: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter Scheidel
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13: The Unraveling of the Roman World
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The Roman world was more than just an empire; it was a cultural, social, economic, and political space built on the eas... Read more
2 Mar 2017
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