Sun, 18 December 2011
Following the death of Eudoxia, the Praetorian Prefect Anthemius took control of the Eastern Empire and ran it wisely for the next decade. Meanwhile in the West, anti-barbarian policies will lead to the invasion of Italy by Alaric. |
Sun, 11 December 2011
On New Year's Eve 406 a horde of barbarians crossed the lower Rhine into Gaul. Their arrival would have severe consequences for the Western Empire. |
Sun, 4 December 2011
Alaric and his Goths invaded Italy in 402. After they were pushed out, Stilicho moved the seat of the Western Imperial Court to the city of Ravenna. |
Sun, 27 November 2011
In the late 390s, the generals and ministers who dominated Arcadius and Honorius battled with each other for control of the Empire. |
Sun, 20 November 2011
After winning the Battle of the Frigidus River, Theodosius stood alone as the last sole ruler of the Roman Empire. He would be die just four months later. |
Sun, 13 November 2011
In 392 Valentinian II was found hanged in his bedchamber, paving the way for another Roman Civil War. |
Sun, 30 October 2011
After defeating the usurper Maximus in 388 AD, Theodosius found himself facing an even greater opponent in Ambrose of Milan.
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Category:general -- posted at: 9:26pm CST |
Sun, 23 October 2011
From 383-387 the tense quasi-partnership of Maximus, Valentinian II and Theodosius ruled the Roman Empire. During those years Bishop Ambrose and Nicean Christianity pushed themselves to dominance over their Arians rivals. |
Sun, 16 October 2011
In 383 the General Magnus Maximus rose up in revolt against Gratian. The power sharing agreement that followed Maximus's victory would be negotiated in part by St. Ambrose, the influencial new Bishop of Milan. |
Sun, 9 October 2011
Following Adrianople, Theodosius was brought in to salvage the situation. After determining that he could not beat the Goths in battle, the new Emperor was forced to sign a peace with the barbarians that treated them as, gasp, equals. |
Sun, 2 October 2011
Operating with faulty intelligence and desperate to defeat the Goths on his own, Valens forced the disasterous Battle of Adrianople in August 378. |
Sun, 25 September 2011
In 375 the Huns exploded into Gothic territory, sending refugees fleeing for the saftey of the Roman Empire. |
Sun, 11 September 2011
Valens spent the late 360s and early 370s dealing with hostile Goths in the north and hostile Persians in the east. In 375 he would be left to face these threats alone when Valentinian suddenly died. |
Sun, 4 September 2011
in the late 360s and early 370s AD Roman mismanagment of three different regions in the Western Empire led to armed conflict. |
Sun, 28 August 2011
In the winter of 367 Britannia was hit from all sides by a coordinated barbarian invasion. It would be more than a year before the Romans were able to reassert control over the island. |
Sun, 21 August 2011
Shortly after Valentinian and Valens ascended to the throne, one of Julian the Apostate's maternal cousins seized control of Constantinople. |
Sun, 14 August 2011
Jovian extracted the Roman legions from the east at a heavy price. He then ruled the Empire for eight months before suddenly dying on his way to Constantinople in early 364. |
Sun, 7 August 2011
In 363 Julian launched an invasion of Sassanid Persia. He would die in battle just three months later. |
Sun, 31 July 2011
Julian came to power in late 361 and immediately set about trying to turn back the clock on both Church and State. |
Sun, 24 July 2011
Once he was established as a force to be reckoned with in the west, Julian revolted against Constantius II in 360 after the Emperor ordered half the Gallic army redeployed to the eastern frontier. |
Sun, 10 July 2011
After a childhood spent mostly in exile, Juian was elevated to the rank of Caesar in 355. His first assignment was to clear Gaul of Germanic invaders. |
Mon, 4 July 2011
After two years of sporadic war, Constantius II defeated the usurper Magnentius in 353. Following his victory the Emperor let his advisors talk him into executing first Gallus in 354 and then Claudius Silvanus in 355. |
Sun, 26 June 2011
Constantius and Constans shared the Empire for a decade until Constans was overthrown by a rebel general named Magnetius in 350 AD. |
Sun, 19 June 2011
The three sons of Constantine took control of the Empire following the death of their father and the murder of most of their extended family. |
Sun, 12 June 2011
Constantine was baptized on his deathbed after arranging a plan for succession. |
Mon, 30 May 2011
Live and direct from Old Rome! |
Sun, 15 May 2011
This episode brought to you live and direct from Constantinople! After defeating Licinius, Constantine found his dream of a united Christian Empire foiled by a very disunited Christian Church. |
Sun, 1 May 2011
War between Licinius and Constantine flared up again in 324 AD. This time Constantine would finish the job. |
Sun, 24 April 2011
Constantine and Licinius split up the Empire following the death of Maximinus Daia in 313. It did not take long for relations betweent the two Emperors to turn sour. |
Sun, 17 April 2011
In 313 AD, Maximinus Daia and Licinus fought for control of the Eastern Roman Empire. |
Sun, 10 April 2011
On October 28, 312 AD Constantine and Maxentius fought a battle at Rome's doorstep for control of the Western Empire. |
Sun, 3 April 2011
Prior to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Constantine experienced visions and dreams that promised him victory if he embraced Christianity. |
Sun, 27 March 2011
With the Tetrarchy in shambles, Diocletian will be called out of retirement in 308 AD to help broker a settlement. But the new new order will prove as bad as the old new order. |
Sun, 13 March 2011
Less than two years after Diocletian's abdication, the Tetrarchy was left in shambles following the power plays of Constantine and Maxentius. |
Sun, 6 March 2011
In 305 AD, Diocletian and Maximian voluntarily abdicated the throne, handing power over to Galerius and Constantius. |
Sun, 27 February 2011
In 303 AD Diocletian initiated the last and greatest of the Christian persecutions. |
Sun, 20 February 2011
Rome's economy was in disarray when Diocletian came to power and he initiated major overhauls to get the system running again. |
Sun, 13 February 2011
Over the course of his reign Diocletian overhauled the government, transforming it into a centralized bureaucracy run by career civil servants. |
Sun, 6 February 2011
Over the course of his reign Diocletian instituted a number of reforms to the military structure that helped transform the legions into a new kind of army.
Direct download: 125-_The_Best_Defence_is_a_Good_Defence.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:08pm CST |
Sun, 30 January 2011
In the mid-to-late 290s the Imperial Tetrarchy was at war on multiple fronts. In the west Constantius undertook the reconquest of Britain, while in the east, Galerius fought a newly hostile Sassanid Empire. |
Sun, 23 January 2011
In 293 AD Diocletian and Maximian invited Constantius and Galerius to share in their Imperial burdens, forming what we today call the Tetrarchy. |
Sun, 16 January 2011
Immediatly after becoming the undisputed Emperor in 285, Diocletian elevated Maximian to serve as his Imperial colleague. |
Sun, 9 January 2011
The Crisis of the Third Century finally ended with the mini dynasty of Carus and his two sons. In 284 Diocletian rose to power, ushering in a new age in Roman history. |