Echoes of Empires

By Nick HolmesReligion & Spirituality Christianity Education History

Echoes of Empires episodes

December 10, 2022 Was Climate Change Rome's Real Killer?
In this episode, we reflect on the reasons for the sack of Rome in AD 410, and ask whether climate change on the steppe-lands of Asia was the ultimate cause?
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18 min
December 03, 2022 The Decline of the Roman Army
Why didn't the Roman army defend the city of Rome better when it was sacked in AD 410? Many historians blame the internal conflict within the empire. But the Roman army was also in terminal decline. Find out why in this episode.
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27 min
November 26, 2022 The Sack of Rome, AD 410
In AD 410, Alaric the Visigoth sacked Rome. It was the first time in 800 years that the city had fallen. Find out in this episode why and how it happened.
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26 min
November 19, 2022 The Road to Disaster
In AD 408, Stilicho's fall from power was as spectacular as his rise had been. Alaric took advantage of this to invade Italy and lay siege to Rome. The western Roman Empire was rapidly imploding.
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29 min
November 12, 2022 All Gaul A Single Funeral Pyre
In December AD406, catastrophe struck the Roman Empire as a huge force of Germanic barbarians crossed the Rhine. Could Stilicho, the Roman general and hero of two wars with the Goths, save the empire?
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25 min
October 22, 2022 Stilicho Triumphant
In the early fifth century, Stilicho led the Roman armies in the west to victory after victory over the Goths, giving new hope to the empire.
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26 min
October 14, 2022 Drifting into the Fifth Century
At the end of the fourth century, the Roman Empire lacked strong emperors and was ruled by Stilicho in the west and Eutropius in the east. As it drifted into the fifth century it was drifting towards disaster.
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22 min
October 08, 2022 The Roman Empire Divided
When the emperor Theodosius died in 395, he left the empire to his two young sons, Arcadius in the east, and Honorius in the west. It proved to be an unhappy legacy.
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25 min
October 01, 2022 Theodosius the Not So Great
The emperor Theodosius I is sometimes called 'The Great'. But if he was so great why was the city of Rome sacked by the Goths only fifteen years after his death? Find out in this episode.
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25 min
September 20, 2022 DISCOUNTED BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Roman Revolution
This is just to let you know that you can get my ebook called The Roman Revolution, which accompanies the first part of my podcast, at a discounted price at Amazon for the next few days (until 29th September). It focuses on the transition from the classical Roman Empire to Constantine's Christian-centred empire run out of Constantinople. It's priced at 99 cents or pence in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Links to it on Amazon by country are below.
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2 min

About Echoes of Empires

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Welcome to Echoes of Empires. If you’re looking for a podcast about history, you’ve come to the right place! Because you’ll find over a hundred episodes here about the Roman Empire, Byzantium, the…