35 min listen
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2013
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Podcast episode
Description
“Rome was not a monarchy, but a free City, and they had made up their minds to open their gates even to an enemy sooner than to a king. It was the universal wish that whatever put an end to liberty in the City should put an end to the City itself.” – Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2 Publius Valerius Poplicola overcame Roman distrust and Etruscan aggression to set the young Republic onto firm foundations. Aristagoras’ failed attempt to capture the island of Naxos led to open warfare between Greece and Persia. http://s407341505.onlinehome.us/Episode_35_On_The_Verge.mp3
Released:
Sep 27, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 6 – The New Kingdoms: After expelling the Hyksos, the rulers of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty led their New Kingdom in an unprecedented drive for territorial expansion. In Syria and the Levant, they were forced to contend with powerful new states forged by the Hurrians and the Hitt... by The Ancient World