Ancient History Podcast

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Jessica Clarke about the spread of theatre in ancient Italy, why the traditional Roman-centric narrative may be wrong, and how archaeology can offer an alter...

1 Feb 50min

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Carolina López-Ruiz about the many different variations of Greek cosmogony, how the Greeks thought about and interacted with mythology, and Near Eastern myth...

1 Jan 54min

In this episode, we talk to Nathanael Andrade about Jewish society in the first century AD, Roman governance of Judea, and the trial of Jesus of Nazareth.

1 Dec 202558min

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Michael B. Cosmopoulos about the history and archaeology behind the Homeric epics, the nature of oral poetry and social memory, and how these elements contri...

1 Nov 20251h 5min

In this episode of the podcast, we speak to Walter Scheidel, the most cited Roman historian in an active faculty position, about the history of the study of ancient Greece and Rome, how this area of s...

1 Okt 20251h 3min

In this episode of the podcast, we speak to Erica Stevenson, host of the YouTube channel MoAn Inc., about making Classics content for YouTube, the difference between Classics and Ancient History, and ...

1 Sep 202550min

In this episode we talk to Jane Draycott about Fulvia, the politics of the Roman Late Republic, and women's position within Late Republican Roman society, including marriage, childbirth, and informal ...

1 Aug 20251h 9min

In this episode, we talk to Rhyne King about the satraps of the Achaemenid Empire, their responsibilities, how one became a satrap, and how the satrapal system contributed to the stability of the Acha...

1 Juli 202551min