In this episode, we use a 90s strategy video game (Age of Empires II) as a launchpad to discuss five of the civilizations that emerged from the ashes of Rome's fall. The civilizations are the Byzantines, the Goths, the Huns, the Persians, and the Turks. Some of these had a hand in killing Rome, some of these carried on the traditions of Rome, some did both, and others were something different altogether.

Sources for this episode are...

https://www.worldhistory.org/Persia/

https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/

https://www.ancientpages.com/2019/04/16/who-were-the-goths-and-where-did-they-come-from/

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-china/huns

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2015/08/14/the-military-of-the-byzantines/

Iranicaonline.org

Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals

Guns for the Sultan: Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire