The Fall of Rome Podcast
Barbarians, political breakdown, economic collapse, mass migration, pillaging and plunder. The fall of the Roman Empire has been studied for years, but genetics, climate science, forensic science, network models, and globalization studies have reshaped our understanding of one of the most important events in human history. PhD historian and specialist Patrick Wyman brings the cutting edge of history to listeners in plain, relatable English.
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32: Patrick is Hosting a New Show! Check out the "Pursuit of Dadliness" Now!
31: Interview: Historian Kyle Harper on Disease, Climate and the Fall of the Roman Empire
30: Tides of History: Natural Disasters and the End of the Roman Empire
29: Tides of History: Justinian the Great and the Reconquest of the Western Empire
28: Tides of History: How the Eastern Roman Empire Survived Attila the Hun and the Disastrous Fifth Century
27: Tides of History: Why Didn't The Eastern Empire Fall?
26: Tides of History: How Latin Became the Romance Languages
25: Tides of History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman City
24: Tides of History: The Roman City
Introducing Tides of History
23: Could the Roman Empire Have Survived?
22: The Brilliance of Saint Augustine. An Interview with Elizabeth Bruenig
21: Rome's Legacy and the Barbarian Kingdoms
20: The Anglo-Saxon Migration, the North Sea World, and the Birth of England
19: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter Scheidel
18: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the Franks
17: Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Western Empire Reborn?
16: The Kingdom of the Visigoths
15: The Death of the Roman Political System
14: The Calamitous Fifth Century - A Narrative History
13: The Unraveling of the Roman World
12: The Fall of the Roman Economy
11: The Roman Economy Before the Fall
10: The Late Roman Army, Barbarians, and the Frontier
9: Attila and the Empire of the Huns
8: The Vandals and the Fall of Roman Africa
Special Episode: The End Of The Gladiators
7: The Three Transformations Of Roman Gaul
6: The Catastrophic Fall Of Roman Britain
5: Just How Screwed Up Was the Later Roman Empire?
4: The Gothic Sack of Rome
3: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's End
2: The Barbarian World