The History of Rome - 179 part podcast

[Dowly]

Found this while browsing the Alea Jacta Est forums. It covers the history of Rome
from the founding of the city to the fall of the Western Empire in 179 ~15 minute segments. :salute:

http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/2007/07/index.html

[Sailor Steve]

Good stuff! :rock:

[Oberon]

Oooh, thanks for the link. :up:

[Dan D]

Great find!
Romans in Britain:
IMHO Boudicca's Rebellion against the Romans is probably the defining moment for the English anti-authoritarian behaviour which is part of the English psyche.

The Romans usually behaved very smart on foreign soil occupied by them.
They married their leaders with the daughters of the chiefs of the foreign tribes and in any way corrupted the leadership of occupied territory to adopt their life style which was way better: Public baths like still in Bath,toilets where the stink vanishes, etc. etc.

London e.g. was founded by the Romans and is still there.

But in Britain the Romans did not follow their concept but they
exploited and terrorized the land and the people and killed hundreds of thousands of people. Why? Their other concept worked very well.

"The layer of scorched debris ...has been labelled the "Boudiccian destruction horizon" by the archaeologists, a reddish brown ash consisting mainly of incinerated wattle-and-daub peppered with molten glass, broken tile and blackened pottery".

It is not the Battle of Britain in 1940, it is Boudicca's rebellion AD 60-61 which has a bigger meaning imo.

The history about the Romans fight against the German tribes is also interesting.

[August]

Boudica's defeat is a classic example of how discipline trumps raw power. Fascinating stuff! :yep:

[CaptainHaplo]

Rather well times - as I just got RTW running on this new box about 4 days ago....

[Dan D]

The Roman Occupation of Southwest Germany ( http://www.villa-rustica.de/intro/index02e.html)

[Dowly]

Btw, the podcast is also available on iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261654474

Also, found another podcast focusing on the later stuff:
http://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-history-of-byzantium/id527579475

[Dowly]

Found this pretty cool, so might as well post it here.

In HBO's ROME, there are two soldiers of the 11th Legion, Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus.
Caesar's Gallic War mentions both of them, though with slightly different names in chapter 44 of book 5.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Caes.+Gal.+5.44&redirect=true

Kewl. :)

[Dowly]

Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire volumes 1-6 are available as audio books on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOOwSORhCX7a44AkKxBx1_S3cuPb1-E6e

:salute:

[TarJak]

Tha't now going on my phone for me to listen to whilst travelling to work.

[AndyJWest]

Great find!
Romans in Britain:
IMHO Boudicca's Rebellion against the Romans is probably the defining moment for the English anti-authoritarian behaviour which is part of the English psyche.

English? Not really...