Septimius Severus in Scotland
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Snow talks to Simon Elliott about Septimius Severus, the first Hammer of the Scots, about his No...
Nero the Antichrist?
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Emperor Nero is one of antiquity's most infamous figures, having a particularly hostile relation...
Agrippa: Rome's Forgotten Hero
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are few men in Roman history that can claim to have been as influential as Marcus Agrippa. The...
The Polynesians: Ancient Mariners of the Pacific
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ancient Polynesians remain the greatest seafarers in history. Already by the time of the legenda...
The Battle of Salamis
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've had the Battle of Thermopylae with the brilliant Paul Cartledge; we've had the Battle of Artem...
The Rise of Constantine
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Emperor Constantine I, better known as Constantine the Great, is one of the most significant emp...
Jason and the Golden Fleece
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode from the History Hit archive features the brilliant Tom Holland telling the myth...
Alexander the Great: Through Persian Eyes
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conqueror. Destroyer. Convert. Legendary king. It's fair to say that Alexander the Great's relations...
The Roman Forum
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Another one from the History Hit archive! The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanu...
The Vestal Virgins
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Priestesses of Vesta, Goddess of hearth, home and family, the College of Vestal Virgins were Rome’...
Pax Romana
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Time for a delve into the History Hit ancient history archives! In this podcast Dan Snow sits down w...
Kingdom of Kush
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Along the banks of the River Nile, directly south of ancient Egypt and hundreds of miles away from t...
Battle of Artemisium
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Around this time 2,499 years ago the famous Battle of Thermopylae was raging. But it is important to...
Battle of Thermopylae
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2,499 years ago the Persian 'Great King' Xerxes launched history's largest amphibious invasion of Eu...
War Elephants
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Move over Hannibal. More over Carthage. This podcast is all about a much BIGGER elephant power in an...
'Killing for the Roman Republic'
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 281/280 BC, the Hellenistic King Pyrrhus ventured to southern Italy to aid the Italiote-Greek cit...
Combat Trauma
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the 2000 historical blockbuster 'Gladiator' to the Total War series, brutal hand to hand warfar...
Stone Circles
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Cornwall to Orkney, stone circles are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the Britis...
Agrippina the Younger
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Agrippina the Younger (AD 15 - 59) was one of the most prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty...
Horse Archery
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The horse archer was one of the most feared warriors of antiquity. Triumphing mobility and fluidity,...
Antonine Wall
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In c.142 AD the Emperor Antoninus Pius ordered the construction of a new wall in Northern Britain. S...
Housesteads and Hadrian's Wall
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Housesteads Roman Fort is one of the great, surviving treasures of Roman Britain. Once an auxiliary ...
Origins of Biological & Chemical Warfare
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The origins of biological and chemical warfare stretch far back; modern technology has not brought a...
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived ...
Plague of Athens
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Plague in the ancient world was nothing unusual. Bouts of illness were common occurrences, but we do...