In the 14th century, Florence's economy took off. Director & Professor at Vanderbilt University, Dr. William Caferro, joins the show to explore what happened.

Hoplites were Greek people, most of which were citizens, who fought in battles as their city-states required. Dr Adam Schwartz, University of Copenhagen, joins the show to explain this military post in ancient Greek history.

The Punic Wars was a series of three wars fought between two of the Mediterranean's superpowers: Carthage and Rome; the result of which changed the balance of power in the region. Dr Kathryn Lomas, Durham University, joins the show to explain what happened in the First Punic War.

In the eighth century, a surviving member of the Umayyad Caliphate arrived in the Iberian Peninsula and founded the Emirate of Córdoba. Dr Alejandro García-Sanjuán, University of Huelva, comes on the show to discuss the emirate.

Mark Antony was a prominent figure in Rome’s transition to an empire; he was also famously a partner of Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Professor Richard Alston, Royal Holloway, University of London, is back on the show to discuss what's known about his life.

The third and fourth centuries in the Roman Empire were marked with perpetual internal conflict. Dr Adrastos Omissi, University of Glasgow, joins the show to explain.

Cicero lived, orated, and wrote, in a very tumultuous time in Roman history. Dr. Katharina Volk, Professor, Columbia University, joins the show to examine the middle and later periods of his life.

British historian, Dr James Morton, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, joins the show to discuss Byzantine Canon law: What it was, when the corpus began, the process of creating canons, and more.

Olympia, Greece, is where the ancient Olympic Games began. Professor Judith Barringer, The University of Edinburgh, joins the show to discuss Olympia's ancient history.

The Rosetta Stone is one of the most significant artifacts known to have been found in the Mediterranean Basin. Dr. Jed Z. Buchwald, Professor, Caltech, joins the show to discuss it.