• 152- The Storm Before the Storm

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    In 375 the Huns exploded into Gothic territory, sending refugees fleeing for the saftey of the Roman Empire.

  • 151- Bursting a Blood Vessel

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    Valens spent the late 360s and early 370s dealing with hostile Goths in the north and hostile Persians in the east. In 375 he would be left to face these threats alone when Valentinian suddenly died.

  • 150- The Perils of Mismanagement

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    in the late 360s and early 370s AD Roman mismanagment of three different regions in the Western Empire led to armed conflict.

  • 110- A Gothic Horror

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    In 249 AD Decius ousted Philip the Arab and ascended to the Imperial throne. Two years later though, Decius was dead after leading the legions to a massive defeat at the hands of the Goths.  

  • 109- The New Millenium

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    Gordian III died in 244 AD and was succeeded by his Praetorian Prefect Philip the Arab. While Philip dealt with internal revolts and external invasion, he found time to celebrate Rome's 1000th birthday in 248 AD.

  • 108- Gordian's Knot

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    By August of 238, the other five men who had claimed a share of the purple were dead, leaving 13-year-old Gordian III as the last man standing.

  • Revolutions Launch

    Updated: 2024-11-30 20:03:54
    Available at revolutionspodcast.com, iTunes, or anywhere else fine podcasts can be found.

  • 1st c. tile workshop found in Corsica

    Updated: 2024-11-30 06:51:23
    An excavation on the east coast of Corsica has uncovered the remains of a tile workshop dating to the 1st century A.D. Archaeologists from INRAP have been excavating the site on a small hill overlooking the Étang de Diane, a lagoon exiting to the Tyrrhenian Sea just north of Aleria, since July in advance of … Read the full post →"1st c. tile workshop found in Corsica"

  • Nationally important Bronze Age hoard recovered from looters

    Updated: 2024-11-28 05:14:05
    A late Bronze Age (ca. 950–780/740 B.C.) hoard of national importance found near Gryfino in Poland’s West Pomeranian Voivodeship has been rescued by authorities after it was illegally excavated. Anonymous individuals sent pictures of the objects to each other before they were emailed to the Provincial Conservator of Monuments in Szczecin who then called the … Read the full post →"Nationally important Bronze Age hoard recovered from looters"

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