A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Fe
Tristan Hughes journeys into the heart of one of history's most intriguing civilisations: the Minoan
Buried in ash, frozen in time—Pompeii offers one of the most extraordinary windows into everyday lif
Long before telescopes or space agencies, ancient Mesopotamians were decoding the secrets of the cos
What happened after Alexander the Great died?On June 11, 323 BC, at just 32 years old, Alexander lef
Saxon mercenaries, collapsing Roman order, and a new chapter for Britain. Tristan Hughes is joined b
1700 years ago, the Roman Emperor Constantine called an unprecedented meeting of early Christian lea
No grand battle. No final blaze of glory. In 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire collapsed not with a r
War, invasion, civil unrest… or plague? Could a series of deadly pandemics have helped bring down th
How did the Huns, Goths, and Vandals help bring down the Roman Empire - and sack the city of Rome it
The Roman Empire, once an ancient powerhouse, experienced a dramatic fall from its golden age to eve
An astonishing ancient tomb is Ireland's most famous prehistoric monument; Newgrange. Tristan Hughes
From the steppes of prehistoric Eurasia to the languages we speak today, the story of Indo-European
From Gladiator to Rome Total War to I, Claudius, today the Cohortēs praetōriae are one of the most d
From the wilderness of ancient Judea to the pages of the New Testament, John the Baptist is one of t
*This episode discusses sexual assault*Cursed by Apollo to always speak the truth but never be belie
70 AD. Tens of thousands of Roman troops surround Jerusalem. What follows is one of the most brutal
How did we go from ancient apes to the dominant species on Earth? The story of human evolution is on
In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius unleashed devastation on the Roman world, burying entire towns beneath volc
In the heart of ancient Nigeria, a mysterious civilisation flourished - known today only through arc
