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History Unbound
Jump into world history with a bird's eye view of the human story. Your host, Dr. Scott Swartsfager, uses his PhD in history and years of teaching to connect the world across time. Too often historians focus on names and dates rather than the juicy story of how we came to be who we are today. History should never be boring because it’s our story! Each week he unfolds another chapter in the history of the world from a bird’s-eye view. This history is engaging, interesting, and relevant. This is the history you want to know, not what you were forced to learn. This is History Unbound.
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History Unbound
Episode 15: The Roman Empire - A New Age
Julius Caesar has been killed, and it's a dark day for Rome. They can't move forward into something new and they can't go back to what they had. Then Octavian, Caesar's adopted son, takes matters into his own hands and creates a new Rome. An empire. But Octavian is no Emperor Palpatine - he merges their republican past with an imperial future to usher in a golden age for Rome. But, all good things must come to an end, and Rome is no exception. Join us to see what happens as Rome begins to fall apart, and is forced to rise from the ashes once again.