Ancient & Medieval History Audio & Video

After five years of podcasting The History of Rome Podcast, host Mike Duncan has completed the entire history of the rise and fall of the Rome.

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel answers the question: Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse?

Major developments in the political, social, and religious history of Western Europe from the accession of Diocletian to the feudal transformation.

Who was the historical Jesus of Nazareth? What did he actually say and do?

This course presents and at the same time critiques a narrative world history from prehistoric times to 1500.

Mythology succeeds like no other audiobook in bringing to life for the modern listener the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths and legends that are the keystone of Western culture....

A look at the life of Alexander the Great, from his birth in Macedonia and his conquests to the edge of the world and back.

Here we present 14 brief audio sketches of each of the major Greek Deities; providing the listener with information on lineage, characteristics, historical significance and artistic renditions.

This course offers an introductory survey of the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, from the rise of city states in Mesopotamia c. 3000 BC to the transformation of the Roman Empire in the 6th century AD.

Hannibal is a name that evoked fear among the ancient Romans for decades.