Western Civ
Adam Walsh
A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved into a dominant world position.
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 23, 2015 • 40min
Episode 25: I Am Spartacus
Caesar and Circero Make Their Names in the Court. Crassus Deals with a Slave Army.
May 10, 2015 • 45min
Episode 24: Dictator
Sulla and Marius battle it out in another Civil War that end's with Sulla's Dictatorship. Marius reforms the Roman Army with major consequences. And a quick look at the structure of Ancient and Classical families.
Apr 26, 2015 • 48min
Episode 23: Growing Pains
Rome Struggles with its New Role of Mastery of the Classical World While Tensions Within Threaten to Destroy All it has Won
Apr 12, 2015 • 37min
Episode 22: Delenda Est Carthago
The Third and Final Punic War and a Look at Why The Punic Wars are so Significant to the Development of Western Civilization
Mar 29, 2015 • 53min
Episode 21: Scipio Africanus and the End of the Second Punic War
The Second Punic War Concludes with the Rise of a New Scipio and the Battle of Zama
Mar 15, 2015 • 36min
Episode 20: The War Across the Sea
The Second Punic War expands to Spain, Sicily, and even Greece
Mar 8, 2015 • 1h 8min
Episode 19: A Seemingly Endless String of Disasters
Cannae
Feb 28, 2015 • 48min
Episode 18: Crossing The Alps
The Years Between The Wars
Feb 20, 2015 • 34min
Supplemental: Life In Classical Athens
A Quick Look At Day To Day Life
Feb 15, 2015 • 57min
Episode 17: The First Punic War
Round One of Rome Versus Carthage
