Podcast on Germany

 In today's episode we deal with the years leading up to one of the worst decades in the history of the Roman Empire and introduce two of the important players of the upcoming decade; Alaric and Stilicho. 

We wrap up the end of the Goth war after the death of Valen with another disaster.  Though this time the disaster is the sources as very little survived to provide us with a coherent story.  So join in for this brief discussion of what we do know about the end of this one of many Goth wars.

 378 was suppose to be the Roman's year and it started out that way.  But follow along as we see how 378 went from Rome's turn to glory to a nightmare. 

Follow along as we continue with the Goth War as all of Thrace is thrown into chaos with rebellions suddenly sparking as slaves and soldiers abandon the Roman Empire and join ranks with Fritigern and Avivus. While his own capitol grows nervous, Emperor Valens sets up a plan to trap the Goths.  Will it work?

Goths show up on the Danube and the Eastern Roman Empire has only one one question. Why?  Well find out in this episode what brought these Goth tribes to the Romans begging for sanctuary and how Rome's abuse leads to the disastrous Goth Wars and the death of Emperor Valens.

For the first episode of the show of 2020 we have a short overview of the 26 years before the arrival of the Goths at the Danube begging to be let in.  In this episode we discuss how the Romans developed a system for dealing with the Germans who were a source of pesky annoyances and unlimited manpower and will help us answer the question of what the Romans will do with the Goths in 376.

In the 2nd half of the special episode with the Cult of Domesticity we deal with Jacob's story from his hometown of Memphis Tennessee.  Here from the 1920s-1950s a single woman would change the United State's relationship with adoptions forever and leave over 5,000 victims in her wake alive or dead.  Join in as we look into the story of Georgia Tan a woman who saw the misfortunes of children as her ticket to a life of luxury.

Hey everyone! Happy New Year!  To start off 2020 we have 2 special episodes with Cult of Domesticity.  In Episode 1 Courtney presents the fate of Sophie Scholl, a 21 year old who decided to stand against the Nazi government at the height of their power.  

Hey everyone! Welcome to the last episode of 2019! Last episode we looked at the physical evidence and the frontier of Rome and Germania for the 1st century AD to the 3rd century.  Today's episode is discussing the actual written history and what we have to build off of it.  Which is not much. Despite the lack of evidence we do get a picture that the northern frontier, the border that should be easily secured, is breaking apart.  Along with the failure of the Roman Empire we get to meet some new players like the Saxons, Franks, Alamanni and the new guys from the east; the Goths.

 Hey everyone! New episode is out and we are breaking away from our written sources to study the frontier that is built to separate the northern boundaries of the Roman Empire and the barbarous Germans.  Is this a solid wall of defenses to keep the ever dangerous horde back or a second rate line?  What, if any, is the interaction between the two neighbors now that things have settled?  And why are we covering several centuries worth of history in this one episode?! Listen to find out!