Podcast
Ancient History Podcast
Hosted by Owain Williams · EN
The Ancient History podcast is the companion podcast of Ancient History Magazine, a publication dedicated to exploring the ancient world. Each episode will feature a new guest to discuss their research, a new book, or talk about ancient history, from Greece and Rome to Mesopotamia and China, and everything in between.
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AH29 - Political Violence in Ancient Greece
2w ago00:59:54Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast, we speak with Scott Lawin Arcenas about stasis (political violence) in ancient Greece, how frequently the Greeks engaged in political violence, and how political violence was related to the ancient Greek world's economic and cultural efflorescence.
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AH28 - Women in Classical Athens
Apr 100:56:09Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast, we talk to Katherine Backler about women in Classical Athens, what sources are available for the study of Classical Athenian women, the limitations of those sources, and how diverse women's experiences were in the ancient Greek world.
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AH27 - White Pedestal with Curtis Dozier
Mar 100:57:42Tap to summarizeIn this episode of the podcast, we talk with Curtis Dozier about how White Nationalists appropriate Greco-Roman Antiquity, why Greco-Roman antiquity appeals to White Nationalists, and how investigating the modern historiography can counter such appropriations
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AH26 - A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre
Feb 100:50:51Tap to summarizeIn 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 alternative perspective.
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AH25 - Greek Mythology with Carolina López-Ruiz
Jan 100:54:48Tap to summarizeIn 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 mythological parallels.
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AH24 - Killing the Messiah
Dec 100:58:30Tap to summarizeIn 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.
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AH23 - The World of Homer
Nov 101:05:27Tap to summarizeIn 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 contributed to the creation of the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.
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AH22 - What is Ancient History? With Walter Scheidel
Oct 101:03:09Tap to summarizeIn 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 study came to mean 'ancient history', and what the future of the subject looks like.
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AH21 - YouTube with Erica Stevenson
Sep 100:50:47Tap to summarizeIn 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 bringing the ancient world to new audiences.
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AH20 - Fulvia with Jane Draycott
Aug 101:09:01Tap to summarizeIn 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 political power.
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