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The History of Rome

By: Mike Duncan
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  • A weekly podcast tracing the rise, decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
    2007-Present
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  • 001- In the Beginning
    Jul 28 2007

    Welcome to The History of Rome, a weekly series tracing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. Today we will hear the mythical origin story of Rome and compare it with modern historical and archaeological evidence. How much truth is wrapped up in the legend? We end this week with the death of Remus and the founding of Rome.

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    12 mins
  • 002- Youthful Indiscretions
    Feb 25 2010
    Last time we discussed the events that lead to the birth of Rome, covering the arrival of Aeneas in Italy and the story of the twins Romulus and Remus. Today we will cover the remainder of Romulus's life, his questionable morality and ultimate disappearance from the world of men.
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  • 003a- The Seven Kings of Rome
    Feb 25 2010
    This week we cover the first three of Romulus's successors to the throne: Numa Pompulius, Tullus Hostilius and Ancus Marcius, who they were and what affect they had on the evolution Roman law and culture.
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    16 mins
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Truly a classic

Amazing from start to finish narrative wise. Abit rough audio wise at start but what do you expect.

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Perfectly executed

A full run down of Rome, from its founding to the finish of the empire. Duncan manages to capture all of this history without the tidiuim of many on the subject. This straightforward narrative combinded with entertaining commentary at times, makes for an enjoyable listen. Only a few podcasts or audio books have got me to listen twice, here I am on my third listen. Definitely check it out!

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Brilliant

Mike Duncan is both an expert and an enthusiast, a rare but essential combination in any great teacher. The History Of Rome is both informative and very interesting not to mention beautifully narrated by the author. Listened twice! MD’s French Revolution too made very compelling listening. This is history brought alive and you don’t have to be academic to enjoy and learn. Brilliant.

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Stunning Podcast

Ths is quite simply the best podcast I have ever listened to. I am on my 2nd pass off it and thoroughly enjoying as much as I did the 1st time

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Awesome

I loved the History of Rome; I was sadden when I came to the end of this podcast but I am now listening to his next project !

I would reccommend !!

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Best way to learn about roman history

if you aren't a university scholar of history this is the podcast for you. the audio improves after a handful of episodes and he brilliantly gives the listener through all the characters over the centuries.

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great podcast

I listened to this years ago and ended up listening to the whole series a few times. Just came across it again and will be listening again.

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Awesome and fascinating

Absolutely superb . Only thing that could be slightly improved is the recording. A pop shield and better compression would really have helped.
Also audible don’t cope well with podcasts with this many episodes and navigating with the app is a nightmare, but no fault of the excellent author

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one of my favourite podcasts ever

it's a bit of a shame the episodes aren't stitched together like the youtube versions, but still well worth having on my phone when I want to listen. Now

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Both a salve and a warning

This well-told history of Rome gathers all the detail and nuance of a distant history in a knowing, often humorous but always relatable telling, casually but carefully delivered. I love this series.

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