Podcasts on the Roman Empire

History of Rome Podcast by Mike Duncan. Covered everything from the founding of Rome through the fall of the Western Empire (476 AD):http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/

1. 12 Byzantine Rulers: The History of The Byzantine Empire By Lars Brownworth is about the Eastern Roman Empire: https://12byzantinerulers.com/
2. History of Byzantium by Robin Pierson: http://thehistoryofbyzantium.com/
3. Ancient Rome Refocused by Rob Cain: http://www.ancientromerefocused.org/
4. The History of Podcast by Jamie Redfern has two podcasts of note, one on Hannibal and the Punic Wars and Alexander the Great. (Hannibal deals with Rome from the other side, and Alexander…. while not Roman itself, plays in the same general ballpark.)
   • http://thehistoryofpodcast.blogspot.ca/
   • http://thehistoryofpodcast.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/13473658/hannibal_and_the_punic_wars.xml
   • http://thehistoryofpodcast.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/13473658/alexander.xml

Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/disp.php/hh

1. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=340
2. Wallace Hadrill’s ‘Augustan Rome’ is pretty good as an introduction, really well written and pleasingly succinct: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Augustan-Rome-Classical-World-Series/dp/1853991384
3. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roman-Empire-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0192803913

Larry Gonick’s Cartoon History of the Universe, Volume 2: http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0385420935

Cary and Scullard’s A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine: http://www.amazon.com/History-Rome-Down-Reign-Constantine/dp/0312383959