The Toldinstone Podcast

Mar 08 2024 283
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This podcast complements the toldinstone YouTube channel with interviews of scholars and creators working on the most exciting topics in ancient history.

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21 – The Ancient Architecture of New York City

Mar 08 2024 53 mins  
Elizabeth Macaulay and I discuss New York's neo-antique architecture.

20 – Medicine, Roman and Modern

Jan 01 2024 34 mins  
Dr. Athalia Pyzer and I discuss what - if anything - modern medicine owes to its classical roots.

19 – The Rules of Gladiatorial Combat

Dec 17 2023 64 mins  
Michael Carter and I discuss the rules and rituals that governed the lives - and deaths - of Rome's gladiators.

18 – The Siege and Fall of Constantiople

Dec 04 2023 58 mins  
Roger Crowley and I discuss the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.

17 – Greece under Roman Rule

Nov 03 2023 47 mins  
Sue Alcock and I discuss the fate of Greece after its conquest by Rome.

16 – Climate, Disease, and the Fall of Rome

Aug 25 2023 68 mins  
Kyle Harper and I discuss how climate and disease shaped Roman history.

15 – Julius Caesar and the Rhine Frontier

Aug 11 2023 36 mins  
Nico Roymans and I discuss Rome's frontier on the lower Rhine, in what is now the Netherlands.

14 – The Evolution of the Roman Frontier

Jul 07 2023 61 mins  
David Breeze and I discuss the Roman frontiers, with a special emphasis on Hadrian's Wall.

13 – Rome and Persia: 700 years of rivalry

Jun 16 2023 114 mins  
Adrian Goldsworthy and I discuss the long rivalry between the Roman and Persian Empires.

12 – Building a LEGO Model of Ancient Rome

May 26 2023 48 mins  
Rocco Buttliere and I discuss his new LEGO model of imperial Rome.