Welcome to the Fall of the Roman Empire! Ever wondered why and how the Roman Empire fell? Then you've come to the right place! This episode explains how the show works and starts at the very beginning of Rome's rise to power since we need to know what Rome was to understand why it fell. For a free ebook, maps and blogs check out my website nickholmesauthor.c ... Show More
Dec 2021
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 2 "The Path to Glory"
<p>We continue with the story of Rome's rise to power in the third and second centuries BC, and ask two vital questions: first, did the Romans simply get lucky? Second, how did the Roman legions become the most feared fighting machine of the ancient world?</p><p>For a free e ... Show More
21m 7s
Dec 2021
The Fall of the Roman Empire Episode 3 "Hail Caesar"
<p>In this episode, we look at the collapse of the Roman Republic, and the man whose brilliance and whose greed for power, caused a crisis in the Roman world. This was Julius Caesar, the most famous Roman of all.</p><p>For a free ebook, maps and blogs check out my website <a href ... Show More
20m 22s
Aug 2020
The Fall of the Roman Empire
In 476, the last of the Roman emperors in the West was deposed; in 1776, historian Edward Gibbon wrote “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, and Rome’s fate became a major point of comparison for all empires. In Gibbon's view, instead of inquiring why the Rom ... Show More
39m 40s