The History of Rome
A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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121- Phase Three Complete
The Crisis of the Third Century finally ended with the ...
The Crisis of the Third Century finally ended with the mini dynasty of Carus and his two sons. In 284 Diocletian rose to power, ushering in a new age in Roman history.
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120- Interregnum
After Aurelian's death, an old Senator named Marcus Cluadius Tacitus ...
After Aurelian's death, an old Senator named Marcus Cluadius Tacitus briefly reigned before the throne fell to Probus, who ruled from 276-282.
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119- Restitutor Orbis
Aurelian defeated the breakaway western provinces and reunified the Empire ...
Aurelian defeated the breakaway western provinces and reunified the Empire in 274 AD. The next year he was assassinated by officers who had been tricked into committing murder.
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118- The Palmyrene Wars
In 272 Aurelian finally managed to bring the east back ...
In 272 Aurelian finally managed to bring the east back under Roman control by defeating Queen Zenobia of Palmyra.
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117- Aurelian's Walls
Aurelian became Emperor in 270 and immediatly faced an invasion ...
Aurelian became Emperor in 270 and immediatly faced an invasion of Italy by the Juthungi. After succesfully driving the Germans off, Aurelian turned his attention to building a new wall circuit around Rome to protect the capital in the future.
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116- Here Come the Illyrians
Claudius Gothicus became Emperor in 268 and promptly lead the ...
Claudius Gothicus became Emperor in 268 and promptly lead the legions to victories against the Goths and the Alamanni. Unfortunately he died before he was able to reunify the Empire.
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115- Phase Two Complete
The near simultaneous deaths of Gallienus, Odenathus and Postumus upset ...
The near simultaneous deaths of Gallienus, Odenathus and Postumus upset the political equilibrium in the late 260s AD.
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114- The Nadir of Our Fortunes
The 260s AD were bad for the Romans, but they ...
The 260s AD were bad for the Romans, but they could have been a whole lot worse had not Gallienus, Postumus and Odenathus each done their part to defend their respective corners of the Empire.
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113- Three Empires
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112- Captured Alive
Valerian and his son Gallienus did their best to hold ...
Valerian and his son Gallienus did their best to hold the Empire together through the 250s AD, but after Valerian was captured by the Sassanids things quickly spiraled out of control.
