Zoom Calls - Sunday 7th September
Added 2025-09-05 11:59:49 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
This is the link to the Zoom Calls on Sunday 7th September:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81937089656
Meeting ID: 819 3708 9656
The same link will work for each call which take place at 1pm, 5pm and 9pm UK time.
Each will last an hour and you can join all three of them if you want to. Ask me anything or let me know what you'd be interested to learn about the earlier Roman Empire.
I look forward to speaking to you soon,
Robin
Comments
Hey, thanks so much for the kind words, much appreciated. Hmm, animation would be fun. Great idea about the Crisis of the 3rd Century. Kind listeners have suggested I fictionalise other events like the Turks in Anatolia. But the problem there is we don't have any sources and I'm not a fiction writer. Whereas for the 3rd Century that might be possible. Since we do have lots of information about how Roman armies functioned but without the specifics of so many of those rebellions. Food for thought...
Robin Pierson
2025-09-17 07:07:47 +0000 UTCRandom thought after listening to the full House of War 5 part series for the first time. I vaguely remember some emperors of the crisis of the 3rd century being promoted by their troops against their will. (Gordians?) If "against his will" was somewhat common, it would be cool to hear a fictional version of how it gets to this. Is it some charismatic guy in the army starts talking, getting supporters, and they approach the general? How does this guy even decide now is a good time? I also don't know if there is a way for the general to talk his way out of it, but would make a nice ending where he does talk his way out of it only to hear some other guy died trying. Or, maybe this was usually done on a whim and there's not much to it, in which case, never mind the idea. I loved the House of War. Worth every penny. It really felt TV worthy. Wonder what it would take to get a few 23 minute animated episodes of it.
AAccount
2025-09-17 06:34:09 +0000 UTCThanks for these, I went to two of them and thought they were really interesting! Thanks Robin!
Diarmuid Angland
2025-09-08 12:53:54 +0000 UTCHi Robin this is Jacob from the 1pm call. These are the videos with peter von sivers I was referring to. I highly recommend you listen.
Jacob12385
2025-09-07 14:16:15 +0000 UTCThe Real Origins of Islam | Peter Von Sivers PhD / MythVision Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_QUvlNvphM
Jacob12385
2025-09-07 14:07:34 +0000 UTCDr Peter von Sivers - Islamic Origins / Naqad Studies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef2anl6BPJk
Jacob12385
2025-09-07 14:07:04 +0000 UTCThe comment was cut... ... short overview of civil wars occurrences between Rome's inception and 476 please? Thank you
Petr Krastenics
2025-09-06 08:23:17 +0000 UTCHello Robin, I was just explaining to someone how transition from Republic to Emperors empire led to frequent civil wars and I wanted to say that only exception was the 80+ years under "5 good emperors" and realized that even there was a short civil struggle connected to rumor that Marcus Aurelius died, but even then I was not sure it I have not missed anything. I believe that was the only case but could you may be do a short overview of civil wars occurrences from Rome's inception to 476 please?
Petr Krastenics
2025-09-06 08:22:12 +0000 UTC
