Episode 1.5 - Emperor Wen of Sui

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Episode 1.5 is about Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, or, Sui Wen-di. Emperor Wen unified China for the first time in 300 years, since the great Han Dynasty. In doing so, he helped to usher in 6 centuries of unified and ascendant China.

Sources:

  • The Cambridge History of China, Ed. Denis C. Twitchett

  • Ann Paludan, Chronicle of Chinese Emperors

  • Victor Cunrui Xiong, Historical Dictionary of Medieval China

  • Charles Holcombe, Southern Integration: The Sui-Tang (581-907) Reach South

  • Denis A Graff, Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 AD

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Episode 1.4 - Zenobia

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Episode 1.4 is about Zenobia, a Syrian queen who helped defend Rome against Persian invaders, before declaring her own kingdom and pulling 1/3 of the Roman Empire away for a time.

Sources:

  • Historia Augusta

  • Gary K Young, Rome's Eastern Trade

  • Alaric Watson, Aurelian and Third Century

  • Appian, The Civil Wars

  • Mike Duncan, The History of Rome Podcast

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Episode 1.3 - Mithridates the Great

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Episode 1.3 is about Mithridates the Great, who created an empire to rival that of Rome itself, and was called by Cicero "The greatest king since the time of Alexander the Great"

Sources:

  • Adrienne Meyer, The Poison King, The Life and Legend of Mithridates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy

  • Cassius Dio, Roman History

  • Appian, Mithridatic Wars

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Episode 1.2 - Chandragupta Maurya

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This episode is about Chandragupta Maurya, founder of India's biggest empire for 2000 years, and grandfather of Ashoka the Great

Sources:

  • Purshottam Lal Bharcave, Chadragupta Maurya

  • Radhakumud Mookerji, Chadragupta Maurya and His Times

  • Megasthenes, Indika

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Episode 1.1 - Marcus Furius Camillus

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Welcome to The Almost Forgotten! The first episode of the podcast is about the Second Founder of Rome: Marcus Furius Camillus. Hope you enjoy!

 

Sources:

  • Livy, The History of Rome

  • Plutarch, The Parallel Lives - The Life of Camillus

  • http://www.livius.org/

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