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The Ancient World

The Ancient World

126 episodes

LATEST SERIES: Carchemish (C Episodes) - tracing the life and death of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms; PREVIOUS SERIES: The Ancient World - from the earliest human civilizations down through 500 BC; Rediscovery (R Episodes) - the stories of the modern scholars and adventurers who rediscovered the ancient world; Bloodline (B Episodes) - tracing the descendants of Mark Antony and Cleopatra over ten generations; Thea (T Episodes) - tracing the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire

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Episode C30 - The Death of Kings

Published: Dec. 31, 2023, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode C29 - City of the Raven

Published: Dec. 17, 2023, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode C28 - The Fall of Carchemish

Published: Dec. 3, 2023, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode C27 - True King

Published: Nov. 19, 2023, 8:10 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode C26 - Damascus

Published: Nov. 5, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode C25 - Arpad

Published: Oct. 22, 2023, 4:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 52 seconds

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Update and Patreon Offer

Published: Sept. 10, 2023, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode C24 - A Kingdom of Sand

Published: July 23, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode C23 - Eclipse

Published: July 9, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode C22 - Shammuramat

Published: June 25, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode C21 - Son of a Nobody

Published: June 11, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode C20 - Like a Fire

Published: May 28, 2023, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode C19 - The Anointed

Published: May 14, 2023, 7:01 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode C18 Qarqar

Published: Dec. 25, 2022, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode C17 The House of Omri

Published: Dec. 11, 2022, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode C16 Kar Shalmaneser

Published: Nov. 27, 2022, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode C15 - The Merciless Weapon

Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode C14 - The House of Suhi

Published: Oct. 30, 2022, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode C13 - The Hand of Shishak

Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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The Method to My Madness

Published: Sept. 21, 2022, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode S6 Castle of the Slave

Published: July 1, 2022, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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A Quick Note

Published: March 10, 2022, 11:36 p.m.
Duration: 57 seconds

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Episode C12 The Two Temples

Published: Feb. 27, 2022, 6:19 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode C11 The House of David

Published: Feb. 13, 2022, 5:24 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode C10 These Are Not Foolish Travels

Published: Jan. 30, 2022, 7:42 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode C9 Horse to Horse, Army to Army

Published: Jan. 16, 2022, 1:07 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode C8 The Heirs of Hatti

Published: Jan. 2, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode C7 The Heirs of Babylon

Published: Dec. 19, 2021, 1:40 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 57 seconds

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New Episodes Coming Soon

Published: Dec. 12, 2021, 8:50 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

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Episode C6 The Splendid Flame

Published: June 25, 2021, 12:36 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 43 seconds

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From Bronze to Iron

Published: June 6, 2021, 3:39 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode C5 The Sea Peoples

Published: June 4, 2021, 12:11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode C4 The Great Kings

Published: May 21, 2021, 12:23 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode C3 The Eternal Treaty

Published: May 7, 2021, 12:24 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds

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The Bronze Age Update

Published: April 28, 2021, 8:27 p.m.
Duration: 53 seconds

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Episode C2 Tarhuntassa

Published: April 22, 2021, 10:43 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds

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The Bronze Age

Published: April 16, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode C1 Carchemish

Published: April 9, 2021, 2:41 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 49 seconds

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A Young Mans Fancy

Published: March 22, 2021, 1:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

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Episode S5 Ordeal by Fire

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 3:14 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode S4 Children of the Moon

Published: Oct. 9, 2020, 4:20 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode S3 Queen Mavia

Published: July 10, 2020, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode T18 Tigranes

Published: April 10, 2020, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode T17 The Sons of Grypus

Published: March 27, 2020, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode T16 The Sons of Thea

Published: March 13, 2020, 2:59 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode T15 Grypus

Published: Feb. 28, 2020, 8:05 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode T14 Zabinas

Published: Feb. 15, 2020, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode T13 Eunus

Published: Dec. 13, 2019, 11:55 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode T12 Sar Matati

Published: Nov. 30, 2019, 1:13 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode T11 Euergetes

Published: Nov. 16, 2019, 12:48 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode S2 The Bactrian Kingdom

Published: Oct. 11, 2019, 11:09 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode S1 Alexander in Bactria

Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 10:55 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode T10 Sidetes

Published: Aug. 24, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode T9 Tryphon

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 11:48 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode T8 The City

Published: July 26, 2019, 11:17 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode T7 Blazing From Afar

Published: July 13, 2019, 6:52 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode T6 Philometor

Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 11:48 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode T5 Balas

Published: Feb. 16, 2019, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes

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Episode T4 Soter

Published: Feb. 2, 2019, 1:21 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode T3 Thea

Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 7:58 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode T2 Megas

Published: Jan. 5, 2019, 12:44 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode T1 Nicator

Published: Dec. 22, 2018, 12:12 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds

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The Rest of My Interview

Published: July 11, 2018, 9:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 43 seconds

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Just Did My First Interview

Published: June 26, 2018, 1:29 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode B54 Efqa

Published: March 23, 2018, 10:36 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode B53 Memento Mori

Published: March 9, 2018, 11:10 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode B52 Palmyra

Published: Feb. 24, 2018, 8:35 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode B51 Emesa

Published: Feb. 9, 2018, 11:41 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode B50 Augusta

Published: Jan. 27, 2018, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode B49 Nemesis

Published: Jan. 13, 2018, 2:27 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode B48 270

Published: Nov. 24, 2017, 11:48 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode B47 Zenobia

Published: Nov. 10, 2017, 11:36 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode B46 Melek Melek

Published: Oct. 27, 2017, 11:02 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode B45 Odaenathus

Published: Oct. 14, 2017, 12:19 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode B44 Edessa

Published: Sept. 29, 2017, 11:12 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode B43 Sibylline

Published: June 16, 2017, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode B42 Iotapian

Published: May 27, 2017, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode B41 Samsigeramus

Published: May 12, 2017, 10:40 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode B40 Uranius

Published: April 29, 2017, 4:07 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode B39 Excidium

Published: Dec. 3, 2016, 12:35 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode B38 The Last Severan

Published: Nov. 12, 2016, 9:03 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode B37 Shahanshah

Published: Oct. 28, 2016, 10:54 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode B36 The Black Stone

Published: Sept. 24, 2016, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode B35 Bassus

Published: Sept. 9, 2016, 11:44 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode B34 Keepers of the Fire

Published: Aug. 26, 2016, 11:31 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode B33 Semiramis

Published: Aug. 6, 2016, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode B32 The Fourth Caesar

Published: July 22, 2016, 10:40 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode B31 Perish in Blood

Published: April 30, 2016, 7:51 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode B30 Mater Castrorum

Published: April 15, 2016, 11:55 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode B29 193

Published: April 1, 2016, 11:04 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode B28 Bestiarius

Published: March 19, 2016, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode B27 Lucifugus

Published: March 5, 2016, 9:58 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode B26 Emanes

Published: Feb. 20, 2016, 1:03 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode B25 Discindo

Published: Feb. 6, 2016, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode B24 The Yona Kings

Published: Nov. 19, 2015, 9:08 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode B23 Parthicus

Published: Nov. 7, 2015, 10:28 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode B22 Optimus

Published: Oct. 23, 2015, 11:19 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode B21 Betrayal

Published: Oct. 10, 2015, 11:02 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode B20 The God of Dusk

Published: Sept. 25, 2015, 8:40 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode B19 The Prefect

Published: Sept. 11, 2015, 11:12 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode B18 The Josephus Problem

Published: Aug. 28, 2015, 11:38 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode B17 The Valley

Published: June 26, 2015, 3:07 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode B16 Burn

Published: June 12, 2015, 8:56 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode B15 God of the Mountain

Published: May 29, 2015, 11:35 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode B14 The Just

Published: May 15, 2015, 10:18 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode B13 Zealot

Published: May 3, 2015, 8:55 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode B12 Antonii

Published: March 28, 2015, 2:05 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode B11 Caedis

Published: March 14, 2015, 12:52 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode B10 Insurgo

Published: Feb. 28, 2015, 5:19 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode B9 Germanicus

Published: Feb. 14, 2015, 1:29 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode B8 Scelus

Published: Jan. 31, 2015, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode B7 Tropaion

Published: Jan. 17, 2015, 12:50 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode B6 Eurus

Published: Jan. 3, 2015, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode B5 Eclipsis

Published: Dec. 20, 2014, 12:54 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode B4 Limitem Mundi

Published: Dec. 6, 2014, 12:28 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode B3 Ephebus

Published: Nov. 24, 2014, 9:36 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode B2 Rex Socius Amicusque

Published: Nov. 7, 2014, 8:29 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode B1 Triumph

Published: Oct. 24, 2014, 8:27 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode R10 The Bull and the Aten

Published: Sept. 6, 2014, 4:16 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode R9 The Flood

Published: Aug. 9, 2014, 8:15 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode R8 The Thousand Year Gap

Published: July 26, 2014, 11:45 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode R7 The Man Who Sold Troy

Published: July 12, 2014, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode R6 The Heroic Age

Published: June 28, 2014, 1:55 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode R5 Behistun Hat-Trick

Published: May 24, 2014, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode R4 Dwelling of the Lions

Published: May 17, 2014, 9:51 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode R3 The Place of God

Published: May 3, 2014, 9:06 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode R2 Arabia Felix

Published: April 19, 2014, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode R1 The Broken Stone

Published: April 4, 2014, 11:32 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 36 And Then What Happened?

Published: Oct. 19, 2013, 7:12 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 35 On The Verge

Published: Sept. 28, 2013, 2:07 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 34 Democracy and Republic, Part 2

Published: Sept. 15, 2013, 11:25 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 33 Democracy and Republic, Part 1

Published: Aug. 10, 2013, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 32 Things Fixed, Things Moving

Published: July 19, 2013, 6:09 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 31 Land of Imposters

Published: July 5, 2013, 2:23 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 30 The Lost Army

Published: June 21, 2013, 11:14 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 29 A More Perfect Empire

Published: June 8, 2013, 8:03 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 28 When the Mede Came

Published: May 24, 2013, 9:28 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 1 second

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Episode 27 Count No Man Happy

Published: May 11, 2013, 9:09 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 26 The Last Kings of Babylon

Published: April 18, 2013, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 25 The Voyage of Solon

Published: April 6, 2013, 3:04 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 24 A Wolf Among Hounds

Published: March 21, 2013, 5:17 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 23 Captives of Babylon

Published: March 9, 2013, 3:05 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 22 The Fifth Generation

Published: Feb. 27, 2013, 1:19 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 21 For the Sake of Distant Days

Published: Feb. 6, 2013, 1:11 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 20 The House of Succession

Published: Jan. 21, 2013, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 19 The Destruction of Sennacherib

Published: Jan. 7, 2013, 1:06 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 18 The Three Pillars

Published: Dec. 22, 2012, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 17 The Fall of Israel

Published: Dec. 3, 2012, 8:26 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 16 The Assyrian

Published: Nov. 20, 2012, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 15 Holding Action

Published: Oct. 15, 2012, 3:20 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 14 In the Midst of the Seas

Published: Oct. 1, 2012, 5:06 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 13 Civil War

Published: Sept. 16, 2012, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 12 Legacies of East and West

Published: Sept. 4, 2012, 2 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 11 The Rise of Assyria

Published: Aug. 21, 2012, 11:12 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 10 Picking Up The Pieces

Published: July 30, 2012, 10:24 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 9 The Other 99 Percent

Published: June 12, 2012, 9:55 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 8 Look Upon My Works

Published: June 5, 2012, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 7 Between Lions and Men

Published: May 29, 2012, 1:53 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 6 The New Kingdoms

Published: May 19, 2012, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 5 Blind-sided

Published: May 7, 2012, 1 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 4 The Pyramid Builders

Published: April 30, 2012, 12:31 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 3 Wherever I Went, Let Him Go!

Published: April 24, 2012, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 2 Circles and Labyrinths

Published: April 16, 2012, 11:43 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 1 Climb the Stone Staircase

Published: April 5, 2012, 7:27 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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