Sara and Sam explore the life of Roman office workers in the TV show Plebs. Join us to hear all about Roman orgies, the sex appeal of gladiators, the slippery slope into authoritarianism, and the age-old question: what is the worst place to meet someone in ancient Rome?

It’s finally happening: Greeced Lightning is tackling the Punic Wars! Join Sam and Sara for a lightning round of military history and Total War Rome Remastered: Hannibal Barca, teenage Sam’s World of Warcraft obsession, and Roman facial hair.

Sam and Sara dive into their first listener-recommended content! Grab a gallon of wine and join us as we wonder: who is the fish man? what is happening in Krapopolis? would we rather be dealing with the excrement of our children and/or pets than finding out?

We are kicking off Season 4 with something a little different: our first interview! Dr. Ben Angell, the Narrative Lead at CaptureAge, joins Sara and Sam to discuss his work on the Age of Empires II Chronicles: Alexander the Great and our Season 3 favorite, Battle for Greece. Come for the use of ancient sources in story and character development, stay for the predictions of future Chronicles campaigns.

It’s the end of Season 3, and the end of Sara and Sam’s journey through Age of Empires 2. Your hosts speculate about the future of civilization in 2025 while discussing the Peloponnesian War: optimistic peace agreements, ancient plague, a literal bag of dicks, video games as art, and a look back on our highlights of the season.

• Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War

We continue our Age of Empires 2 campaign with the Persian Wars! Join Sara and Sam for ostracism procedures, wily old Themistocles, and Sara’s waning tolerance for podcasting while pregnant.

• Map of the Greco-Persian Wars
• Herodotus' Histories - Books 6-9 cover the Persian Wars.

Back in the Greeced Lightning Game Room, your hosts tackle Part 1 of the Chronicles: Battle for Greece in Age of Empires 2. Join us to discuss Europeans stealing historical treasures, ancient tyrants, and the Ionian revolt.

• Herodotus' Histories - The first several books cover Persian history; coverage of the Ionian Revolt starts in Book 5.

We’re going back to our Greeced Lightning roots and revisiting the Trojan War! Join us for the 2018 series Troy: Fall of a City for the correct usage of chariots, birth plans, Bjӧrk-ified Helen, and distracting bowl cuts.

• Minoan 'Ladies in Blue' Fresco
• The Iliad - Emily Wilson's new translation

It’s Macedonian War time in the Greeced Lightning Game Room! Join Sara and Sam to discuss the Battle of Pydna, layoffs and unions, war elephants, and Total War: Rome II.

• Plutarch, Life of Aemilius - Sections 12ff. cover the Macedonian campaign
• Livy, Ab urbe condita 45.19 - Livy's later account of the Macedonian War
• Polybius, Histories 22.8 - On the origin of the Third Macedonian War, from a contemporary historian

Sara and Sam dive into the wonderful world of Broadway with very hot takes on Hadestown. (Please don’t come for us, Broadway lovers.) After a brief recap of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, we’ll dig into wedding night ceremonies, too many opera adaptations, unionizing, and the trouble with the perfect song.