23 – Greek myths in comics
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMatthew Blair and I discuss the uses and abuses of ancient myth and history in comic books.
22 – Reading the Herculaneum Papyri
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn this episode, Dr. Federica Nicolardi and I discuss the challenges of reading the scrolls charred and buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.
21 – The Ancient Architecture of New York City
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSElizabeth Macaulay and I discuss New York’s neo-antique architecture.
20 – Medicine, Roman and Modern
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDr. Athalia Pyzer and I discuss what – if anything – modern medicine owes to its classical roots.
19 – The Rules of Gladiatorial Combat
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMichael Carter and I discuss the rules and rituals that governed the lives – and deaths – of Rome’s gladiators.
18 – The Siege and Fall of Constantiople
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRoger Crowley and I discuss the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.
17 – Greece under Roman Rule
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSue Alcock and I discuss the fate of Greece after its conquest by Rome.
16 – Climate, Disease, and the Fall of Rome
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSKyle Harper and I discuss how climate and disease shaped Roman history.
15 – Julius Caesar and the Rhine Frontier
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSNico Roymans and I discuss Rome’s frontier on the lower Rhine, in what is now the Netherlands.
14 – The Evolution of the Roman Frontier
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDavid Breeze and I discuss the Roman frontiers, with a special emphasis on Hadrian’s Wall.