A.D. History Podcast
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A.D. History Podcast
Weaving a Tapestry of World History from 1AD to HD
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Armenia At Arms for Christianity | 451AD-460AD
Armenia steeped in their Christian faith, makes the first major military stand to defend the religion against Sassanid dominion.
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Attila The FIERCE | Part 3 441AD-450AD
Attila the Hun in 441AD-450AD - with the death of his brother - achieves rule over all Hunnic lands, and achieves his infamous reputation.
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Napoleon (2023): Ridley Scott’s Historical Hit Piece | A.D. HISTORY WATCHES REVIEW
Napoleon (2023) suffers from criminal amounts of historical inaccuracies, seemingly in service to Ridley Scott creating a hit piece.
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Attila the Hun: P.2 In Power | 431AD-440AD
In Part 2 we see how Attila the Hun conducted himself as king, and what Saint Patrick did that influences Ireland to this day!
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Oppenheimer: Did Nolan Nail the History? | A.D. HISTORY WATCHES REVIEW
Oppenheimer (2023) is one of the few exceptions of Hollywood and Christopher Nolan getting the history right in a major blockbuster.
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Attila the Hun: P.1 The Early Years | 421AD-430AD
Attila the Hun, as mysterious in some ways as the Huns themselves, has surprising origins in his earliest years.
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Alaric I Sacks Rome | 411AD-420AD
Alaric I, the first king of the Visigoths, stands poised to do something tragic to the city of Rome that has not happened for over 800 years!
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Brexit 1.0: Rome Abandons Britain | 401AD-410AD
Rome abandons Britain in c. 410AD, initiating history's FIRST Brexit; and Rome's scourge the Visigoth King Alaric I comes onto the scene.
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The Modern Reality of Being a Dutch History Teacher F/ History Hustle [SPECIAL]
Teaching Dutch history today is not straightforward, and Dutch history teacher Stefan from YouTube's History Hustle shares his experience.
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Should Elizabeth II Be Remembered As “Elizabeth The Great”? | [SPECIAL]
Does Elizabeth II actually merit being known to history as "Elizabeth the Great," or even "Elizabeth the Wise"?
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Marcellinus and the Great Tsunami of 365AD & More! | What We Missed 4th Century
The Great Tsunami of 365AD was a pivotal natural disaster in the ancient world you've never heard of, and Marcellinus' account is harrowing...
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The Imitation Game: Decoding Hot Historical Garbage | A. D. HISTORY WATCHES REVIEW
The Imitation Game (2014) is a film best described as a "historical hot mess," in its depiction of the life and work of Alan Turing.
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How Did The Library of Alexandria Actually Burn Down? | 391 AD-400 AD
The Library of Alexandria and its destruction is often thought a single inferno. In reality, the Library's demise was much more prolonged.
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Battle of Adrianople | 381 AD-390 AD
The Battle of Adrianople shows the clear decline of Roman power, and Magnus Maximus becomes an unlikely Welsh folk hero.
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The First Great Migration Disaster | 371AD-380AD
The Great Migration in Europe eventually proved fatal to the Western Roman Empire, but the first casualties were the Thervingi Goths.
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Julian the Apostate: The Last Attempt to End Christianity | 361AD-370AD
Julian the Apostate was the last pagan emperor of Rome, who was the last emperor to try and end Christianity - but the game was up.
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War in Ukraine: A Historical Guide to the Russian Invasion
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is steeped in history; this is your historical guide to understand how that history is coming alive in this war.
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Meet the Huns: History’s Perfect Enigma | 351AD-360AD
The Huns, despite their incredible impact on history, are still a mystery. Where they originated or how they lived are largely lost to time.
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Did The U.S. HAVE To Use The Atomic Bombs in WW2? | Mini Documentary
Did the U.S. HAVE to use the atomic bombs during the Second World War? How could they have used the atomic bombs differently against Japan?
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Gladiator (2000): A Historical Fever Dream | A.D. HISTORY WATCHES REVIEW
Ridley Scott's epic Gladiator (2000) throws history to the wind, and is only concerned with one question: "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!"
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The Day Santa Claus Died | 341AD-350AD
Who was Saint Nicholas of Myra, the inspiration for Santa Claus? What about his legacy makes him still play a major role in our world today?
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Why Was Constantine So Great? | 331AD-340AD
Constantine has been called “The Great,” but why? Why does a Roman Emperor who died 1,700 years ago have fingerprints on our modern world?
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The Council of Nicaea: Fact Vs. Fiction | 321AD-330AD
The Council of Nicaea is the most well known of the first seven ecumenical councils, yet most are mistaken about what REALLY happened there.
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The Curious Case of Constantine and Christianity | 311AD-320AD
How Roman Emperor Constantine became Christian, and his experience at the Battle of Milvian Bridge is a historical enigma we seek to solve.
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A History of Christian Persecutions in Rome & Founding San Marino | 301AD-310AD
Despite an infamous reputation, Rome's policy towards Christianity was never consistent, with many ambiguous turns painting a muddy picture.
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Founding the Gupta Empire, Mayan Classical Period & More! | What We Missed Third Century AD
In our "What We Missed," we take our first steps exploring the Gupta Empire. As well as discussing the Mayan Civilization's Classical Period.
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How Diocletian Ended Rome’s Crisis Of The Third Century P.2 | 291AD-300AD
Diocletian’s reforms ending Rome’s Crisis of the Third Century are greatest in how he changed Rome’s military, and new army of bureaucrats.
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How Diocletian Ended Rome’s Crisis Of The Third Century P.1 | 281AD-290AD
Diocletian set out not to merely end Rome's third century crisis, his reforms aimed to recreate the Roman Empire into his idealized vision.
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The Men Who Followed Aurelian: Crisis Continues | 275AD-280AD
The men who followed Aurelian before Diocletian arrives barely kept Rome's ship afloat, and only continued the Crisis of the Third Century.
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How Did Aurelian Reunite the Roman Empire? | 271AD-280AD
Emperor Aurelian is best known for his success reuniting the Roman Empire. But how did he do it, when all others who tried failed?
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How Historically Accurate is The Death of Stalin (2017)? | A.D. HISTORY WATCHES
How historically accurate is the 2017 comedy “The Death of Stalin”? As funny as the film is, it plays fast and loose with it’s history.
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How Truly Gallic Was The Gallic Empire? | 261AD-270AD
For a so-called Gallic Empire splitting from Rome, it's still very Roman. Also, the Palmyrene Empire is also trying to split from Rome itself.
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Why Did The Roman Economy Fail In The Third Century? | 251AD-260AD
A special guest dives into how the ancient Roman economy worked, and what lead to it's near collapse in the Crisis of the Third Century.
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Korea Stands Up to Cao Wei & Who Exactly Were the Sassanids? | 241AD-250AD
One of the Korean Three Kingdoms stands up to Cao Wei, and we take a much closer look as to who the Sassanids were as a civilization.
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How Did The Crisis Of The Third Century Begin For Rome? | 231AD-240AD
The Crisis of the Third Century, Rome’s top inner struggle at this point, starts with Severus Alexander’s loss to the Sassanids, and Maximinus Thrax‘s...
Founding the Sassanid Empire & Elagabalus: The Roman Emperor Who Wasn’t Truly Roman? | 221AD-230AD
The Sassanid Empire overcomes the Parthians by storm, and Emperor Elagabalus proves to be an emperor who isn’t that Roman at all.
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The Art of War: Intelligence and Covert Ops & The Last Emperor of the Han Dynasty | 211AD-220AD
Today we explore the intersection of The Art of War, Cao Cao, and the work’s immense influence on the history of intelligence; as well as look into th...
The Emergence of Septimius Severus & The Campaigns of Cao Cao | 201AD-210AD
Severus creates a dynasty playing a key role in the Crisis of The Third Century. While Cao Cao fights to bring former Han lands into his grip.
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Antonine Wall, Invention of Paper, Year of the FIVE Emperors & More! | WHAT WE MISSED 2nd CENTURY
From the Antonine Wall to The Year of the Five Emperors, in the 2nd Century we haven't been able to cover it all. Now they get their due!
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Han Dynasty Death Rattle & The Mystery of Queen Himiko | 191AD-200AD
The Han Dynasty collapse occurs in it‘s final hour and swan song; and what can we know of Japan’s elusive Queen Himiko?
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