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Marcus Agrippa: The Emperor's Right Hand | A Tale from Ancient Rome
As the Roman Republic slid into civil war and re-emerged as an empire in the late first century BC, Marcus Agrippa was a key figure in this radical transformation. The best friend and right-hand man of Augustus, first Roman emperor, he was both a witness to and active participant in the climactic battles and sweeping reforms that birthed the Pax Romana.
A story from Roman history (63 - 12 BC), featuring: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Gaius Octavius / Octavian / the emperor Augustus, Julius Caesar, Sextus Pompey, Mark Antony, Cleopatra
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CREDITS:
Music by Scott Buckley
Thumbnail Images:
Bust of Agrippa (c. 25 BC)
Augustus of Prima Porta (1st century AD)
Panel from Trajan's Column featuring Roman soldiers (113 AD)
WDS Logo Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation (c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum)
1 Aug 2025
Battle of Salamis: The Wooden Walls and the War for Athens | Story + Historical Commentary
A revised version of an earlier video on the channel, now with historical commentary following the story!
As the Battle of Salamis looms, the Athenian leader Themistocles struggles to save Athens--and all of Greece--during a second war against Persia. How will Themistocles and the allied Greeks defend their land against the invading Persian Empire of King Xerxes? A mysterious oracle from Delphi may hold the answer: they must trust in the "Wooden Walls" at "Divine Salamis"...
A story from Greek history (Persian Wars, 480 BC), based on Herodotus' Histories, featuring: Themistocles, Xerxes, the Pythia/Oracle of Delphi, Artemisia, Eurybiades
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CREDITS
Music by Scott MacLeod, StoryBlocks, and Scott Buckley
Battle of Lade, 494 BCE (Radu Oltean, 2014; featured in Ancient Warfare VIII.2)
4 Jul 2025
War on Olympus: Zeus and the Gods vs. the Titans | Story + Historical Commentary
This episode recounts the epic Titanomachy, exploring Zeus' ascent to power as he and the Olympian gods clash with the Titans and the monstrous Typhon for control of the cosmos.
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1 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100
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93
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