Ancient History 101

Ancient History 101

By Alexandra SillsEducationArtsHistory
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Ancient History 101 episodes

  • GUEST EPISODE! Cleopatra (1963) with the Partial Historians, Part 2: Cleopatra and Mark Antony

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    1 hr 24 min
  • GUEST EPISODE! Cleopatra (1963) with the Partial Historians, Part 1: Cleopatra and Julius CaesarCaesar

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    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

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    1 hr 33 min
  • Semester Break - End of Series 1

    It is the end of Series 1 already! Join us for a recap, as well as a sneak peak into Series 2, coming on the 21st of October.

    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  



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    11 min
  • Boudica Part 2 - Unfettered Fury

    It is the second half of the finale of Ancient History 101 series 1! The concluding part of our two week extravaganza dealing with none other than Boudica.

    Featuring experts from all three of the cities Boudica burned, this episode picks up where we left off in Part 1, as Boudica decides to march on Colchester, London and St Albans, but does she stop there? Joining Alexandra is Ben Paites from Colchester Museums, Kate Sumnall from London Museum, and archaeologist Lexi Diggins.

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    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective

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    1 hr 44 min
  • Boudica Part 1 - Prelude to Destruction

    It is time for the finale of Ancient History 101 series 1! And we have something a little special for you to celebrate - a two week extravaganza dealing with none other than Boudica.

    Featuring experts from all three of the cities Boudica burned, this episode introduces us to Iron Age Britain, contact with Rome, and who Boudica was. We also chart her growing anger (which we will see unleashed in Part 2 next week!

    Joining Alexandra is Ben Paites from Colchester Museums, Kate Sumnall from London Museum, and archaeologist Lexi Diggins.

    For a map, images, further reading recommendations, primary sources and a transcript, head to our dedicated episode webpage.


    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  



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    1 hr 2 min
  • The Death and Desecration of Crassus

    This week we're examining an event that rocked the Roman world, to make sure that the stories we think we know are actually how events unfolded. Spoiler alert, it is never that simple!

    Alexandra is talking about the aftermath of the Battle of Carrhae, when Rome's richest man met his end. But how did Crassus die? And what happened to his corpse?

    For useful images, a recommended further reading list, links to primary sources, and transcript, head to the episode page on our website.


    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  


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    1 hr 6 min
  • The Sicilian Expedition

    Roel Konijnendijk returns for some more military adventures, this time to tell of an expedition borne of hubris that would go terribly, tragically wrong.


    Handy maps of Sicily and Syracuse, as well as a transcript, can be found on the episode webpage.


    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  



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    1 hr 52 min
  • The Vestal Virgins

    Peta Greenfield joins the pod to talk about some of the most extraordinary women of ancient Rome.

    For a transcript and book recommendations, we have a dedicated episode webpage here.

    Find the Partial Historians here


    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

    Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.

    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  


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    1 hr 6 min
  • Aeschylus' Agamemnon

    OK, forget Odysseus for a minute, because there was another Greek who found coming home from Troy to be a bit of a nightmare too... Shelby Judge drops into the pod to walk us through a play by Aeschylus that tells us exactly what happened when Agamemnon came home to his wife...

    Find links to recommended translations, performance recordings and a transcript on the episode webpage

    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  


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    1 hr 4 min
  • Vercingetorix

    An enemy of Rome with a big reputation, but who made some very questionable decisions... Talking about Vercingetorix today is guest expert and archaeologist Zoé Elise Thomas, who knows Gaul like the back of her hand.

    For images, maps and a transcript, visit the episode page

    Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!

    Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.

    We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.

    Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!

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    Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective 


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    1 hr 30 min

About Ancient History 101

From the publisher's feed

If you're the type of person who thinks about Rome once a day, this is the show for you.

Hosted by award-winning ancient historian Alexandra Sills, each week we invite an expert guest to give…