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Treasures of Carthage

September 533 - March 534
Things go from bad to worse for the Vandals in Africa.
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Queen of the Goths

Queen of the Goths
526 to 535
The death of Theodoric brought his youngest daughter Amalasuintha to power, as regent to her son Athalaric. She was the first queen of a post Roman state to openly wield authority, and inherited a realm divided against itself. This episode tells her story.
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Theodahad’s Thirty Pigs

Theodahad’s Thirty Pigs
535 to 536
The death of Amalasuintha triggered the Gothic Wars, wherein the Eastern Empire, under Justinian, attempted to claw back what it had lost in Italy. This episode follows the war up to  the siege of Naples by Belisarius in the autumn of 536.
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The Siege of Rome v1.0

November 536 to March 538
Belisarius continues moving up the Italian Peninsula, to bring his army to attack the greatest prize: Rome itself.
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Wives, Lovers, and the Worst Year Ever

Wives, Lovers, and The Worst Year Ever
This episode is all over the place. It features marital infidelity, official corruption, Swiss glaciers, an Icelandic volcano, and an attempt at an Irish accent that inevitably slides into a Scottish one in less than four words. Enjoy.
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Bonus Episode: Macarius and the Mare

What happens when I wander off topic into the wilds of Magical Practice in Byzantine Egypt? You get a bonus episode, that’s what! 
This one explores a story of one particular Egyptian saint, and the strange case of the woman transformed into a horse. It’s just a bit of anthropological fun. We’ll be back to Belisarius in the next episode.
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The Fall of Italy

The Fall of Italy
March 538 - May 540
The Gothic War grew in intensity after the siege of Rome, and Belisarius had to deal with threats both from without and from within his own army as he fought to bring it to a successful conclusion. The war spread across northern Italy, with devastating consequences for the civilian populace.
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Roman Hispania

C.406 to 452
And we’re back! Thank you to everyone for your patience and kind emails and messages, they meant a lot to me and kept me motivated to come back.
Hispania was a peaceful and prosperous part of the Roman Empire for much of its history, and a popular retirement destination. The arrival of the Vandals, Suevi, and Alans, followed by the Visigoths, put all that peace and tranquility firmly in the rear view mirror.
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The Kingdom of the Suevi

The Kingdom of the Suevi
 C.418 to 470
The Suevi have been the unloved stepchildren of the Dark Ages Podcast for far too long, and finally get their own episode! They’re going to have to be happy with it because I don’t see anything else coming their way. We’ll trace their origins in the forests of Germania, their establishment of a kingdom in northwestern Hispania, and the fortunes of their three most successful kings, before it all turns to mush in the end.
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Conquest and Crisis

Conquest and Crisis: Visigoth Hispania, Pt. 1
 456 to 513 CE
After beating up on the Suevi it was the Visigoths’ turn to be beaten up by the Franks. After years of expansion, the Visigoths are forced to realign themselves south, under a new, unlucky king.
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