The Fall of Rome Podcast

A podcast by Patrick Wyman / Wondery - Tuesdays

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34 Episodes

  1. 32: Patrick is Hosting a New Show! Check out the "Pursuit of Dadliness" Now!

    Published: 9/5/2023
  2. 31: Interview: Historian Kyle Harper on Disease, Climate and the Fall of the Roman Empire

    Published: 4/3/2018
  3. 30: Tides of History: Natural Disasters and the End of the Roman Empire

    Published: 3/20/2018
  4. 29: Tides of History: Justinian the Great and the Reconquest of the Western Empire

    Published: 3/6/2018
  5. 28: Tides of History: How the Eastern Roman Empire Survived Attila the Hun and the Disastrous Fifth Century

    Published: 2/20/2018
  6. 27: Tides of History: Why Didn't The Eastern Empire Fall?

    Published: 2/6/2018
  7. 26: Tides of History: How Latin Became the Romance Languages

    Published: 12/14/2017
  8. 25: Tides of History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman City

    Published: 11/14/2017
  9. 24: Tides of History: The Roman City

    Published: 10/24/2017
  10. Introducing Tides of History

    Published: 7/20/2017
  11. 23: Could the Roman Empire Have Survived?

    Published: 6/22/2017
  12. 22: The Brilliance of Saint Augustine. An Interview with Elizabeth Bruenig

    Published: 6/15/2017
  13. 21: Rome's Legacy and the Barbarian Kingdoms

    Published: 6/8/2017
  14. 20: The Anglo-Saxon Migration, the North Sea World, and the Birth of England

    Published: 5/25/2017
  15. 19: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter Scheidel

    Published: 5/18/2017
  16. 18: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the Franks

    Published: 5/11/2017
  17. 17: Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Western Empire Reborn?

    Published: 4/27/2017
  18. 16: The Kingdom of the Visigoths

    Published: 4/13/2017
  19. 15: The Death of the Roman Political System

    Published: 3/30/2017
  20. 14: The Calamitous Fifth Century - A Narrative History

    Published: 3/16/2017

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Barbarians, political breakdown, economic collapse, mass migration, pillaging and plunder. The fall of the Roman Empire has been studied for years, but genetics, climate science, forensic science, network models, and globalization studies have reshaped our understanding of one of the most important events in human history. PhD historian and specialist Patrick Wyman brings the cutting edge of history to listeners in plain, relatable English.