Episode B15 – God of the Mountain

The Ancient World

Scott C.

History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Synopsis: Drusilla marries the Emesene Priest-King Gaius Julius Sohaemus. Rome and Parthia go to war over Armenia. “Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children.” – Carl Sagan Syria and adjacent regions: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Syria_55AD.jpg Emesene family tree: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/10_Emesenes_55AD.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.
0:06.0	Within three short centuries, these islands would become the center of an empire which ruled a quarter of the globe and on which the sun never set.
0:13.2	I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire, and my podcast,
0:16.8	Pax Britannica, follows the people and events that built that empire into a global superpower.
0:21.6	Learn the history of the British Empire
0:23.6	by listening to Pax Britannica,
0:25.2	everywhere you find your podcasts.
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0:27.8	dot link slash PACs.
0:30.6	The French Revolution set Europe ablaze.
0:34.0	It was an age of Enlightenment and progress, but also of tyranny and depression.
0:38.4	It was an age of glory and an age of tragedy.
0:41.5	One man stood above it all. This was the age of Tragedy. One man stood above it all.
0:43.4	This was the Age of Napoleon.
0:45.8	I'm Everett rummage, host of the Age of Napoleon podcast.
0:49.7	Join me as I examined the life and times of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters in modern history.
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1:25.0	Episode B15, God of the Mountain.
1:30.0	For billions and billions of years, longer than any time span humans could imagine,
1:40.3	there was nothing but stillness and silence.
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