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The History of Rome

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 World
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  • 001- In the Beginning

    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

    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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    12 mins
  • 003a- The Seven Kings of Rome

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

Amazing

Truly a classic

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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!

Perfectly executed

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I started getting into Roman history, and decided to give this podcast on the subject a listen. It is a masterclass of its own, and there is a reason both the podcast and Mike Duncan is universally revered. I have also listened to his other podcast ‘Revolutions’, and bought both his books on Audible. All absolutely fantastic listens. He has a calm, yet engaging voice and speaking pattern, and he writes in a beautifully somehow biased yet mostly objective way. He focuses on the people, and elaborating and expanding the world he tells of, rather than dull straight fact’s history. I adore this man, and this podcast started it all. This podcast is a gateway into being interested in history, period.

The origin of podcasting.

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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 !!

Awesome

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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.

Best way to learn about roman history

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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.

Both a salve and a warning

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Relaxed, expressive and definitive. Only Dan Carlin compares in making history come alive like this.

The Classic History Podcast

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Highly recommend this for anyone interested in learning about the Romans. Comprehensive, well delivered and really easy to listen to.

Complete, fun to listen to history of Rome.

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Listening to this epic a second time round! It is excellently narrated, well researched and good humor in places :D

Excellent

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Loved this. The writing is witty and entertaining while imparting knowledge. Gives a sense of roman life while providing valuable context to the facts.
I also found it good to listen back to certain episodes while reading through books on specific events like the punic wars.

So good I listened to it through again

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