Sunday, August 09, 2020

Started: The History of Rome Podcast by Mike Duncan
Note: A couple notes, actually
1) As you can see, I'm adding podcasts to my starting and finishing blog posts
2) I treat podcasts like Audio Books.  As I noted "10 Years of Book Reviewing", my current philosophy is to listen to an audio book 3 or 4 times before I count it as finished, because I'm usually doing other things while I'm listening, and my attention can often wander.  I figure that by listening to it 3 or 4 times, I can hopefully make up for any gaps in my attention during the 1st or 2nd time.
I'm going to attempt to keep track of that on this post--i.e. I'll note which episodes I've listened to each day, and when I've finished the first listening, the 2nd listening, et cetera.  I won't come in with a review until I've listened to it at least 3 times.

1st Listening

August 9, 2020--Up to episode 013: The Latin War
August 10, 2020--Up to episode 026: The Third Macedonian War
August 11, 2020--Up to 36: I am Spartacus!
August 12, 2020--044: Caesar Triumphant
August 13, 2020--047- Octavius-Octavian
August 14--052- Caesar Augustus
August 15--055- Teutoburg Nightmares
August 16--057- Germanicus
August 17--064- Smite My Womb
August 18--069- As History of Rome Wedding
August 19--074- Friends I Have Wasted a Day
August 20--076- Mock Triumphs
August 21--078- Imperial Stop Gap
August 22--081- The Greekling
August 23--083- May His Bones Be Crushed
August 28--084- Longing For Death
August 29--088- A Day in the Life
August 30--090- The Hundredth Episode
August 31--091- Marcus and Lucius and the Parthians
September 2--092- The Parthian War
September 5--094- Revolt and Meditations
September 6--099- What Evil Have I Done?
September 12--102- The Common Enemy of Mankind
September 13--104- Here Comes the Sun
September 19--107- The Year of the Six Emperors
September 25--109- The New Millenium
October 24--110- A Gothic Horror
October 26--112- Captured Alive
October 27--114- The Nadir of Our Fortunes
October 28--116- Here Come the Illyrians
October 29--119- Restitutor Orbis
November 4--121- Phase Three Complete
November 5--122- Jupiter and Hercules
November 7--124- The Tetrarchs at War
November 9--125- The Best Defence is a Good Defence
November 10--128- The Great Persecution
November 11--129- Abdication
November 12--130- Lost in Transition
November 13--132- In This Sign
November 14--133- The Milvian Bridge
November 16--139- Wash Away Your Sins
November 17--141- Blood and Water
November 18--144- The Road to Constantinople
November 19--147- Capitulation
November 20--148- The Cousin's Cousin
November 21--149- The Great Conspiracy
November 22--154- The Gothic War
November 23--158- An Imperial Suicide
November 24--163- Theodosius's Walls
November 25--168- The Rise of Aetius
November 26--172- Showdown
November 27--174- The Sack of Rome Part II
November 28--177- The Burning Ships
November 29--The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy
Finished 1st Listening--Starting Second Listening
December 1--005- Trials and Tribunlations
December 2--007 The Roman Washington
December 3--016- The Third Samnite War
December 4--20b-the First Punic War
December 5--023c- The War With Hannibal
December 6--028- Taking Stock
December 7--030- Gaius Gracchus
December 8--032- The Social War
December 9--034- No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy
December 10--039- The Young Julius Caesar Chronicles
December 11--041b- The Gallic Wars
December 13--045- The End of the War
December 14--047- Octavius-Octavian
December 15--049- Apollo and Dionysus
December 16--051- Actium
December 17--054- All in the Family
December 18--057- Germanicus
December 20--058- Partner of my Labors
December 25--059- To the Tiber with Tiberius
December 26--061- What, me Claudius?
December 28--062- Take My Wife...Please
December 29--064- Smite My Womb
December 30--065- Burn It To The Ground
December 31--068- Three Emperors
January 1, 2021--071- Otho and Vitellius
January 2, 2020--072- Vitellius and Vespasian
January 3--074- Friends I Have Wasted a Day
January 4--078- Imperial Stop Gap
January 5--082- Hadrian's Walls
January 6--084- Longing For Death
January 7--086- Wealth and Class
January 8--087- Thinking and Feeling
January 9--088- A Day in the Life
January 10--092- The Parthian War
January 11--093- The Marcomannic Wars
January 19--094- Revolt and Meditations
January 20--095- The Beginning of the End
January 21--096- The Most Aptly Named Emperor
January 22--097- The Fall of Hercules
January 27--098- Purchasing Power
January 28--099- What Evil Have I Done?
January 29--101- And All Was of Little Value
January 30--106- Barbarian at the Gate
January 31--110- A Gothic Horror
February 2--113- Three Empires
February 3--114- The Nadir of Our Fortunes
February 4--115- Phase Two Complete
February 6--120- Interregnum
February 7--124- The Tetrarchs at War
February 8--125- The Best Defence is a Good Defence
March 3--126- All The King's Men
March 4--128- The Great Persecution
March 5--131- The New Game in Town
March 6--133- The Milvian Bridge
March 7--134- And Then There Were Two
March 8--135- Brothers in Name Only
March 10--136- Let This Be Our Final Battle
March 11--139- Wash Away Your Sins
March 12--143- Julian the Pre-Apostate
March 13--144- The Road to Constantinople
March 14--145- Julian the Apostate
March 15--147- Capitulation
March 16--150- The Perils of Mismanagement
March 17--155- The New Bishop of Milan
March 18--156- Jockeying for Position
March 19--157- Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass
March 20--160- East vs. West
March 21--162- Opening the Floodgates
March 22--164- The Sack of Rome
March 23--165- Reviving the Roman Name
March 25--166- As Long As She's Nice To Look At
March 26--167- Exploiting the Opportunity
March 27--168- The Rise of Aetius
March 28--169- Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My
March 29--172- Showdown
March 30--173- The Broken Bow
March 31--174- The Sack of Rome Part II
April 1--175- Trying to Take It All Back
April 2--176- The Quote Unquote Emperor
April 3--177- The Burning Ships
April 4--The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy
Finished 2nd Listening--Started 3rd Listening
April 5--004- The Public Thing
April 6--005- Trials and Tribunlations
April 7--007- The Roman Washington
April 8--010: Barbarians at the Gates
April 9--014b- A Phalanx With Joints
April 10--015a- The Second Samnite War
April 11--016- The Third Samnite War
April 12--019- Prelude to the First Punic War
April 13--020a- The First Punic War
April 14--020b- The First Punic War
April 15--021- Interbellum
April 16--022- Prelude to the Second Punic War
April 18--023a- The War With Hannibal
April 19--023b- The War With Hannibal
April 20--023d- The War With Hannibal
April 21--023e- The War With Hannibal
April 22--024- The Second Macedonian War
April 23--027- Mopping Up
April 24--028- Taking Stock
April 25--029- Tiberius Gracchus
April 26--030- Gaius Gracchus
April 27--032- The Social War
April 28--034- No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy
April 29--035- Crassus and Pompey
April 30--036- I Am Spartacus!
May 1--040- In the Consulship of Julius and Caesar
May 2--041a- The Gallic Wars
May 3--041b- The Gallic Wars
May 4--043- Insert Well Known Idiom Here
May 5--044- Caesar Triumphant
May 6--045- The End of the War
May 7--046- Sic Semper Tyrannis
May 8--047- Octavius-Octavian
May 9--048- The Second Triumvirate
May 13--051 Actium
May 17--057- Germanicus
May 18--060 No Better Slave, No Worse Master
May 23--061- What, me Claudius?
May 24--062- Take My Wife...Please
May 25--063- A Farewell to Claudius
May 26--064- Smite My Womb
May 27--065- Burn It To The Ground
May 28--073- The Only Man Who Improved
May 31--083- May His Bones Be Crushed
June 1--086- Wealth and Class
June 2--089- Provincial Matters
June 3--090- The Hundredth Episode
June 4--091- Marcus and Lucius and the Parthians
June 5--092- The Parthian War
June 6--096- The Most Aptly Named Emperor
June 7--097- The Fall of Hercules
June 8--100- Black and White and Severus All Over
June 9--104- Here Comes the Sun
June 10--106- Barbarian at the Gate
June 11--109- The New Millenium
June 12--110- A Gothic Horror
June 13--112- Captured Alive
June 14--114- The Nadir of Our Fortunes
June 15--118- The Palmyrene Wars
June 16--121- Phase Three Complete
June 17--123- The Tertrarchy
June 18--124- The Tetrarchs at War
June 19--126- All The King's Men
June 20--130- Lost in Transition
June 21--137- The Christian Emperor
June 22--145- Julian the Apostate
June 23--149- The Great Conspiracy
June 24--151- Bursting a Blood Vessel
June 25--153- Adrianople
June 26--156- Jockeying for Position
June 27--158- An Imperial Suicide
June 28--159- The Divine Winds
June 29--160- East vs. West
June 30--161- The Swamps of Ravenna
July 1--162- Opening the Floodgates
July 2--167- Exploiting the Opportunity
July 3--169- Huns and Vandals and Goths, Oh My
July 4--174- The Sack of Rome Part II
July 5--The Storm Before The Storm: Chapter 1- The Beasts of Italy
Finished 3rd Listening--Started 4th Listening
July 6--002- Youthful Indiscretions
July 7--005- Trials and Tribunlations
July 8--008- Decades of Gloom
July 9--014b- A Phalanx With Joints
July 10--020b- The First Punic War
July 11--023a- The War With Hannibal
July 12--023b- The War With Hannibal
July 13--028- Taking Stock
July 14--032- The Social War
July 15--035- Crassus and Pompey
July 16--038- The Catiline Conspiracy
July 18--040- In the Consulship of Julius and Caesar
July 19--041b- The Gallic Wars
July 20--046- Sic Semper Tyrannis
July 21--050- The Donations of Alexandria
July 22--053- Reigning Supreme
July 23--050 Teutoburg Nightmares
July 24--058- Partner of my Labors
July 25--061 What, me Claudius?
July 26--066- 666
July 27--072- Vitellius and Vespasian
July 28--075- The Forgotten Son
July 29--079- The Dacian Wars
July 30--083- May His Bones Be Crushed
July 31--085- Antoninus the Dutiful
August 1--088- A Day in the Life
August 2--091- Marcus and Lucius and the Parthians
August 3--094- Revolt and Meditations
August 4--095- The Beginning of the End
August 5--097- The Fall of Hercules
August 6--098- Purchasing Power
August 7--100- Black and White and Severus All Over
August 8--102- The Common Enemy of Mankind
August 14--105- The Last Princeps
August 15--106- Barbarian at the Gate
August 18--110- A Gothic Horror
August 19--112- Captured Alive
August 20--113- Three Empires
August 21--115- Phase Two Complete
August 22--118- The Palmyrene Wars
August 23--120- Interregnum
August 24--121- Phase Three Complete
August 25--122- Jupiter and Hercules
August 26--123- The Tertrarchy
August 27--124- The Tetrarchs at War
August 28--125- The Best Defence is a Good Defence
August 29--126- All The King's Men
August 30--127- Commanding The Economy
September 1--128- The Great Persecution
September 2--129- Abdication
September 3--130- Lost in Transition
September 4--135- Brothers in Name Only
September 5--136- Let This Be Our Final Battle
September 6--137- The Christian Emperor
September 7--138- The New Rome
September 8--139- Wash Away Your Sins
September 9--140- My Three Sons
September 10--141- Blood and Water
September 11--145 Julian the Apostate
September 12--146- The Spear of Destiny
September 13--147- Capitulation
September 14--148- The Cousin's Cousin
September 15--149- The Great Conspiracy
September 16--150- The Perils of Mismanagement
September 17--151- Bursting a Blood Vessel
September 18--152- The Storm Before the Storm
September 19--176- The Quote Unquote Emperor
September 20--179- The End
Finished 4th Listening.  Started 5th Listening
September 21--001- In the Beginning
September 22--007- The Roman Washington
September 23--013- The Latin War
September 24--020a--The First Punic War
September 25--021- Interbellum

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