The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy
Audio excerpt from The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan....
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The history of The History of Rome...Why the Western Empire Fell when it did...Some thoughts on the future...Thank...
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178- Not With A Bang But A Whimper
In the last few years of the Western Empire a series of Emperors came and went. The cycle finally ended in 476 with...
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In 468 the two halves of the Empire combined forces to dislodge the Vandals from North Africa.They failed...
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176- The Quote Unquote Emperor
From 461-465 the Western Empire was ruled by Ricimer through a puppet Emperor named Libius Severus. Not everyone in...
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175- Trying to Take It All Back
From 457-461, Majorian marched around trying to reassert Imperial authority over the provinces while Ricimer remained...
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Following the death of Valentinian III there was an Imperial power struggle in the West. In the midst of this...
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In the early 450s a string of deaths changed the political dynamic of Roman world. Between 450 and 455 Galla...
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In 451 Atilla the Hun invaded the West. He was repelled by a coalition of forces lead by the General Aetius.
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After placating Atilla with yet another indemnity, Theodosius II fell from his horse and died in 450, leaving the...
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In the 440s, the Huns began to direclty attack the Roman Empire.
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169- Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My
In the 430s the Romans dealt with increasingly agressive and confident barbarian tribes living both inside and...
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In the late 420s AD, the Roman General Flavius Aetius connived and backstabbed his way up the chain of command.
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167- Exploiting the Opportunity
The Emperor Honorius died in 423, leading to a brief civil war between the Theodosian dynasty and a self-proclaimed...
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166- As Long As She's Nice To Look At
Constantius III continued to lead the Western Empire as its defacto Emperor until 421, when he was officially...
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Between 412 and 415 relations between the Romans and Goths shifted back and forth between alliance and antagonism.
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After failing to secure a deal with Honorius, Alaric sacked Rome in August of 410. It was the first time the Eternal...
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Following the death of Eudoxia, the Praetorian Prefect Anthemius took control of the Eastern Empire and ran it wisely...
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