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- Bread, Beasts and a Thousand Years of Nothing FixedIn AD 248, Philip the Arab stages Rome's thousandth birthday with exotic animals and three days of spectacle, hoping a magnificent public moment can cement a reign that began under suspicious circumstances. The Danubian frontier is already fraying, and the general he sends north to restore order may present a greater danger than the army he was meant to suppress.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6aeb398d024b9dcc82588226© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected] episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.
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41 min - The City That Was Always Going to WinIn AD 324, Constantine becomes sole ruler of the Roman world and fixes his eyes on a small Greek peninsula at the meeting of two seas. Over six years he strips temples, reroutes grain fleets, and conscripts provincial labor to raise a city that will rival Rome itself. Whether one peninsula could hold an empire already pulling apart is the question the Bosporus wind keeps asking.Tired of ads? Listen to this podcast and 200+ more ad-free on OBOMEDIA.Try it free for 7 days, cancel anytime: https://obomedia.com/en/gratis?ref=desc-6aeb398d024b9dcc82588226© 2026 Created by an independent creator of the OBOMEDIA Network. All rights reserved.This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the property of their respective creator, who is solely responsible for them, and are distributed by the OBOMEDIA Network on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Pocket Casts. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without the creator's prior written permission is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected] episode was created with artificial intelligence: AI-assisted script and AI-generated (synthetic) voice.
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About Rome Before the Fall
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The Forum is waking up at dawn, and the men gathering on the steps of the Senate house speak in low voices, as if every word could cost them. Rome Before the Fall is a history podcast about ancient…
Rome, from the early days of the Roman Republic to the last years of the Roman Empire in the West. How did a small city on the Tiber come to rule the Mediterranean, and what drove the people who fought to control it?
You will follow the ambitious and the powerful, and the people who found themselves standing in their way. In every episode you will feel the tension of not knowing what comes next, even when the world around them seemed settled. Each one is a real story told from the first decision to the final cost, with suspense, dry humor and honesty about what the ancient sources say. Every episode is complete on its own, so you can start with any one of them.
The show also follows the ordinary people of Rome, the soldiers, the families and the crowds in the streets. Their side of history is often the one the old writers left out, and the show goes looking for it.
Most of what we know about ancient Rome comes from a small number of writers, many of them working generations after the events they describe, and this show tells you where the record is solid and where it gets shaky. New episodes arrive every Monday and Thursday at 5 AM. Follow Rome Before the Fall so you never miss the next story.
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