Ancient History 101 Podcast

To kick of a wonderful new series, this week Alexandra is joined by one of her favourite people, Christy Constantakopoulou, and expert in the Athenian Empire. Get ready to see 5th century Athens in a new light...

You may have noticed there was no episode this last Wednesday as we are on a short hiatus! However, I did record a little Series 1 recap as well as a glimpse into what is coming up in Series 2, starting on the 21st of October. shows.acast.com/ancient-hist...

We didn't mean to schedule our series 1 finale for International Podcast Day, what a happy little accident. But this does provide a perfect opportunity to thank our contributors and all of our lovely listeners! Also, allow us to show some love to other indie podcasts that we listen to and admire:

@historyrage.bsky.social has the coolest premise: ask a historian what grinds their gears and then set them off ranting about it www.historyrage.com

We didn't mean to schedule our series 1 finale for International Podcast Day, what a happy little accident. But this does provide a perfect opportunity to thank our contributors and all of our lovely listeners! Also, allow us to show some love to other indie podcasts that we listen to and admire:

The OG, our mother show, and all round heroine: @mythsbaby.bsky.social www.mythsbaby.com

It's time for Part 2 of our Series 1 Finale Special Event: Boudica - Unfettered Fury. In Part 1, we set the scene in an Iron Age Britain gradually falling under Roman dominion. In Part 2, we see Boudica wreak havoc on specific targets: Colchester, London and St Albans.

For the 1st time in podcast history, experts from each town Boudica burned discuss her rampage - Ben Paites, Senior Curator at @colmuseums.bsky.social, Kate Sumnall, Curator of Archaeology at @londonmuseum.bsky.social and Lexi Diggins, archaeologist and guest curator at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social

Featuring Ben Paites, Senior Curator at @colmuseums.bsky.social, Kate Sumnall, Curator of Archaeology at @londonmuseum.bsky.social and Lexi Diggins, archaeologist and guest curator at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social... Ancient History 101 presents: BOUDICA Part 1: Prelude to Destruction

This week we have one of our significant ancient events episodes! @belovedofoizys.bsky.social chats about the conflicting and astounding accounts of what happened to the body of Marcus Licinius Crassus after he was killed...

Thucydides wants us to think that Athens was completely ignorant of Sicily and had no idea what they were walking into, but is he fudging the truth? @roelkonijn.bsky.social explains all in our Sicilian Expedition episode, out now

When the Athenians were deliberating over whether to send an expedition to Sicily, they made a pros and cons list. And according to Thucydides, one prominent Athenian was all pros, and another was 100% cons... Our full Sicilian Expedition episode with @roelkonijn.bsky.social is out now!

After his wonderful episode discussing the Thirty Tyrants, @roelkonijn.bsky.social has returned to give us a crash course in the Sicilian Expedition this week! Crack open your copy of Thucydides, we're going sailing...

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We've got an episode on religion for you this week, and it focuses on one of the most extraodinary priesthoods in the ancient world. Welcome to the world of the Vestals! Our special guest expert is Peta Greenfield of @partialhistorians.bsky.social renown.

Agamemnon lived a whole 45 minutes after arriving home from Troy, but did he see it coming? Listen to our full episode on Aeschylus' Agamemnon with guest expert Shelby Judge (@shelbyjudge.bsky.social) out now!

New episode alert!! Odysseus wasn't the only Greek who got a less than perfect homecoming after sailing back from Troy! @shelbyjudge.bsky.social talks us through Agamemnon's less than warm welcome home in Aeschylus' play...