Ancient History 101

It is the second half of the finale of Ancient History 101 series 1! The concluding part of our two week extravaganza dealing with none other than Boudica.Featuring experts from all three of the cities Boudica burned, this episode picks up where we left off in Part 1, as Boudica decides to march on Colchester, London and St Albans, but does she stop there? Joining Alexandra is Ben Paites from Colchester Museums, Kate Sumnall from London Museum, and archaeologist Lexi Diggins.Episode webpageMake sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective

It is time for the finale of Ancient History 101 series 1! And we have something a little special for you to celebrate - a two week extravaganza dealing with none other than Boudica.Featuring experts from all three of the cities Boudica burned, this episode introduces us to Iron Age Britain, contact with Rome, and who Boudica was. We also chart her growing anger (which we will see unleashed in Part 2 next week!Joining Alexandra is Ben Paites from Colchester Museums, Kate Sumnall from London Museum, and archaeologist Lexi Diggins.For a map, images, further reading recommendations, primary sources and a transcript, head to our dedicated episode webpage.Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  

This week we're examining an event that rocked the Roman world, to make sure that the stories we think we know are actually how events unfolded. Spoiler alert, it is never that simple!Alexandra is talking about the aftermath of the Battle of Carrhae, when Rome's richest man met his end. But how did Crassus die? And what happened to his corpse?For useful images, a recommended further reading list, links to primary sources, and transcript, head to the episode page on our website.Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  

Roel Konijnendijk returns for some more military adventures, this time to tell of an expedition borne of hubris that would go terribly, tragically wrong.Handy maps of Sicily and Syracuse, as well as a transcript, can be found on the episode webpage.Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  

Peta Greenfield joins the pod to talk about some of the most extraordinary women of ancient Rome.For a transcript and book recommendations, we have a dedicated episode webpage here.Find the Partial Historians hereMake sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  

OK, forget Odysseus for a minute, because there was another Greek who found coming home from Troy to be a bit of a nightmare too... Shelby Judge drops into the pod to walk us through a play by Aeschylus that tells us exactly what happened when Agamemnon came home to his wife...Find links to recommended translations, performance recordings and a transcript on the episode webpageMake sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  

An enemy of Rome with a big reputation, but who made some very questionable decisions... Talking about Vercingetorix today is guest expert and archaeologist Zoé Elise Thomas, who knows Gaul like the back of her hand.For images, maps and a transcript, visit the episode pageMake sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective 

Fancy dipping your toes into one of the murkier periods in history? Lots of people have Big Opinions on the decline and fall of Rome, but do they know what they're talking about? Here to answer this, as well as explain how and why Christianity became the Roman religion of choice, how the empire split in half, and to answer the question When Did Rome Fall is the wonderful historian of Late Antiquity: Jeroen Wijnendaele. Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective  

Make sure to click ‘subscribe’ so that you never miss an episode; we have a new topic every Wednesday!Find Ancient History 101 on social media and our website, where you can learn more about our expert guests.We have merch available at our RedBubble shop, or you can help support the podcast by buying history books and translations we’ve hand-chosen for you at our online bookshop in the USA or UK.Or you can buy us a ko-fi! However you choose to support the show, we appreciate it!Sick of being interrupted by adverts? We have an ad-free subscription here.Ancient History 101 is a proud member of the Mnemosyne Memory Collective