How an Empire Ends: the Starving Camps

Ancient History Fangirl

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! In our last few episodes, we’ve told you what we know about pre-Roman Gothic archaeology, culture, and history. We’ve told you about conditions both inside and outside the Roman Empire that kicked off the Migration Era. And now we’re going to tell you the story of one of those Gothic Wars in detail: the war of 376-382 AD. A war that may have occurred during Alaric’s childhood—and that may have been a radicalizing event for him and for thousands of people who followed him. It’s the war—and the accompanying immigration crisis—that sets off a chain of events in which a people called the Visigoths rise—and the most famous of them, a man called Alaric, leads them all the way to the gates of Rome. This is where it all begins. Sponsors and Advertising This podcast is a member of Airwave Media podcast network. Want to advertise on our show? Please direct advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:55.9	In our last few episodes, we've told you what we know about pre-Roman Gothic archaeology, culture, and history.
2:02.6	We've told you about conditions both inside and outside the Roman Empire that kicked off the migration era.
2:08.6	We've taken you on a whirlwind tour of some of the Gothic wars,
2:12.6	of which Alarix rebellion was only a small part.
2:15.6	And now we're going to zoom in and tell you the story of one of those Gothic wars in more detail,
2:21.6	the war of 376 to 382, a war that may have occurred during Alaric's childhood,
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