#443 – Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire – Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome

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🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 229 minutes

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Gregory Aldrete is a historian specializing in ancient Rome and military history.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) - Introduction
(08:38) - Ancient world
(22:34) - Three phases of Roman history
(25:24) - Rome's expansion
(37:04) - Punic wars
(45:36) - Conquering Greece
(47:14) - Scipio vs Hannibal
(50:21) - Heavy infantry vs Cavalry
(53:57) - Armor
(1:06:48) - Alexander the Great
(1:12:49) - Roman law
(1:22:29) - Slavery
(1:30:09) - Fall of the Roman Republic
(1:33:54) - Julius Caesar
(1:38:33) - Octavian's rise
(1:48:25) - Cleopatra
(1:56:47) - Augustus
(2:24:57) - Religion in Rome
(2:49:03) - Emperors
(2:56:10) - Marcus Aurelius
(3:02:21) - Taxes
(3:05:29) - Fall of the Roman Empire
(3:22:41) - Decisive battles
(3:46:51) - Hope

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Gregory Eldrede, a historian specializing in ancient Rome and military history.
0:10.0	And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. Check them out in the description. It is in fact the best way to support this podcast.
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0:29.2	better help for mental health and Express VPN for protecting yourself on the interwebs. for
0:32.8	protecting yourself on the interwebs.
0:35.5	Choose wise and my friends.
0:37.4	Also, if you want to get in touch with me for whatever reason,
0:40.8	submit questions for an AMA, that kind of stuff go to Lex Freeman
0:45.5	dot com slash contact and now onto the full ad reads as always no ads in the middle I try
0:51.0	to make this interesting but if you skip, please still check out the sponsors.
0:54.8	It is in fact the best way to support this podcast. There's nice links in the description.
1:00.4	Just click them.
1:02.4	First up, this episode is brought to you by Element, my daily Zero Sugar, delicious electrolyte mix that I mix into cold water and is delicious.
1:13.5	I'm no longer even paying attention what they're telling me I should be
1:17.3	advertising. I should mention that sponsors have zero influence
1:22.3	on what I say in podcasts and in this ad read in fact the only
1:28.7	thing they ask me very politely is that I give out a call to action at the end like a link.
1:35.4	All right I technically can talk about whatever the hell I want which is great and I'm
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