Ancient History Fangirl
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Ancient History Fangirl
An ancient history podcast run by two Millennial women. Misbehaving emperors, poison assassins, mythological mayhem; it’s like if Hardcore History met up with My Favorite Murder in the ancient world, with a heavy helping of booze and laughter.
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RE-RELEASE: Teotihuacan: Eat the Rich
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Teotihuacan is an ancient pre-Colombian city in central America, founded tw...
RE-RELEASE: This Episode is Full of Lies: Lucian's A True History (With Liv Albert from Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!)
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Lucian’s A True History has been called the world’s first work of science f...
Horses of Fire, Daughters of Bronze (with AD Rhine)
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AD Rhine is the pen name of the authors Ashlee Cowles and Danielle Stinsen...
End of Season 13 Announcement
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It is the End of Season 13--and what a wild ride it's been. We've had so mu...
How an Empire Ends: Goths vs Goths vs Goths (Part 2)
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In our last episode we talked about the opulence of Goth–Gothic architectur...
How an Empire Ends: Goths vs .Goths vs. Goths (Part 1)
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We have come to the end (or almost the end) of our long, sweeping epic...
How an Empire Ends: Germanic Heroic Legend
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Long after the smoke from the battlefields died down, long after the rav...
How an Empire Ends: Rise and Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom
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We've told you the story of the Ostrogoths, the Amal ruling family, who b...
The Official Lore Olympus Cookbook (with Genn McMenemy)
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For a while now, Genn has been hinting at a "Secret Project" in the wor...
How an Empire Ends: Gothic Christianity
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When Alaric of the Visigoths sacked Rome, it shocked the world—not least...
How an Empire Ends: Gothic Paganism
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In our last episode about Amalasuintha and the end of the Ostrogothic King...
RE-RELEASE: Buzzballs and Buboes: The Plague of Justinian (a Drunk Deep Dive)
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This is an episode about a plague that killed up to 100 million people by t...
How an Empire Ends: Life of Amalasuintha
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In our last episode, we told you all about the rise of Theodoric the Great...
RE-RELEASE: 536 AD: A Volcanic Murder Mystery
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What was the worst year to be alive? Some researchers have a very specific...
How an Empire Ends: Theodoric the Great and the Ostrogothic Kingdom
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After 75 years under Hunnic dominion, the Ostrogoths seized their freedom an...
How an Empire Ends: 75 Years Under Hunnic Dominion
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In our last episode, we talked about how the Visigoths came to be: forged in...
How an Empire Ends: the Starving Camps
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In our last few episodes, we’ve told you what we know about pre-Roman Gothic...
How an Empire Ends: Rome's Gothic Immigrants
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In our last episode, we took a look at the outside forces driving the engine...
How an Empire Ends: The Migration Era
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It was the beginning of the Migration Era where the Goths’ history with the...
How an Empire Ends: Culture of the Goths
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In our last episode, we delved into the archaeology of the pre-Roman Goths....
How an Empire Ends: Origin of the Goths
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The Roman Empire stood for a thousand years. Many causes have been given for...
Rebel Daughters of the Roman Empire (With Tana Rebellis)
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In Enemy of My Dreams, Jenny based her heroine Julia partially on Julia the...
RE-RELEASE: Attila the Hun and the Rebel Princess
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In 450 AD, the Imperial Princess Honoria--daughter of Galla Placidia--was desperate...
RE-RELEASE: Ataulf x Galla Placidia
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He was a fierce barbarian warlord—a man who had stood between his people and the Ro...
AHFG Book Club: Enemy of My Dreams with Jenny Williamson
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This week’s Book Club author interview is none other than up-and-coming roma...
In Search of the Real Alaric (With Douglas Boin)
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Who was Alaric of the Visigoths, really?
It’s a difficult quest...
AHFG Book Club: Sexy Shifters and Fallen Angels with Nalini Singh
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This week, we feature a conversation with the OG romance novelist—the one al...
RE-RELEASE: Stuff Alaric Said
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On August 24, 410 AD, Alaric and the Visigoths sacked the city of Rome. Before he s...
End of Season 12 Announcement
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It's the end of Season 12--and what a year it's been! We had some big things happen...
RE-RELEASE: Janus: God of the New Year
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Janus is the two-faced god of the Roman pantheon. He was the god of beginnings and...
A Very Alaric Christmas
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How would Alaric of the Visigoths celebrate the midwinter holiday (Christmas? Solst...
RE-RELEASE: Frau Holle: Wicked Woman of Yule
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This year, we’ve found one of the most metal and wild Yuletide goddesses yet – Frau...
AHFG Book Club: Metal Death Goddesses, Ravens, and Bears (Oh My!) With Emily Rath
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You may recognize Dr. Emily Rath from our series on Project 2025. Today, we’ve invi...
RE-RELEASE: St. Nicholas and the Christmas Cannibals
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Ah, Christmas—it's a time of cheer, of gift-giving and generosity; and a time to ea...
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: Part 3
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In our last two episodes we discussed what worship looked like at the temple of Art...
RE-RELEASE: You Don't Know Yule
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What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scand...
RE-RELEASE: Krampus: The Goat Knows What You Did
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This year, we decided that the holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a mythol...
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: Part 2
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Last week, we discussed the history of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus—and just wh...
RE-RELEASE: How to Train Your Gladiator
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What did it take to be a gladiator? Who ended up in the arena, and why? And how did...
AHFG Book Club: Hot Mess Heroines and the Alarics Who Love Them (With Thea Guanzon)
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This week, we welcome internationally bestselling author and noted enemies-to-lover...