Episode 16: The Rise of Rome – and Latin

In this episode, we look at the aftermath of the English Civil War in the British Isles. Fear of a royalist insurgency in England and support for Charles Stuart in Scotland and Ireland led to a renewal of war and the rise of Oliver Cromwell as the official head of the New Model A ...  Show more

As the English Civil War raged in the 1640s, English grammarians wrote about several developments in the language, including a new sound appearing in the word “vision” and new ways of describing future actions and events. The military conflict was also shaping the language by con ...  Show more

📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we delve into the fascinating history of the Roman Republic, a pivotal period that laid the foundation for one of the greatest empires in human history. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=cop ...  Show more

Coming up on this episode of Talking History: we're exploring entertainment, culture, religion and society in Ancient Rome, with Dr Jonathan Coulston, Senior Lecturer at the School of Classics at The University of St Andrews; Dr Rebecca Usherwood, Assistant Professor in Late Anti ...  Show more

Rome has attracted aspiring conquerors and leaders for millennia, not just as a great metropolis, but as an idea. It has long been a symbol of military might and universal power, defined by political and religious authority as well as great feats of engineering that would leav ...