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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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…
We'll have biographies of historical figures, introductions to ancient works of art and literature, blow-by-blow accounts of events that changed the world, and histories of some of the most special archaeological sites around the Mediterranean.
Whether you already know a little or a lot, our experts know their subjects like the backs of their hands - they will bust myths, explain key concepts, and ensure we have the absolute essential facts we need to understand each topic. Think of us as the university alternative, bringing the teaching straight to you: a comprehensive curriculum, just without the campus!
Find us online at www.ancienthistory101.org and see our socials at https://linktr.ee/ancienthistory101podcast
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