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Rome, Episode by Episode
The Rest Is History — arranged in the order the history happened, not the order it was published.
Numbers are main-feed episode numbers; a range is a multi-part series. Rome has been
covered in several passes since 2020, so some periods appear more than once.
▶ YouTube opens a
search for that episode on the official Rest Is History channel — most full episodes
are posted there; a few early bonus editions are audio-only.
I · Foundation & the Kings753–509 BC
No standalone kings-of-Rome series yet. Early Rome is set up inside the Punic Wars and
Marius & Sulla series below; the foundation myth of Aeneas turns up in the
Trojan War episodes (216–218).
II · The Republic & the Punic Wars509–146 BC
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421–424
Carthage vs. Rome
The rise of Carthage, the First Punic War, and Hamilcar & the Barcids in Spain. (2024)
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568–571
Hannibal
Saguntum, the crossing of the Alps, Trebia, Trasimene and Cannae (216 BC). (2025)
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640–643
Rome’s Greatest Enemy
After Cannae: Scipio Africanus, Zama (202 BC), and the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. (2026)
▶ YouTube
III · The Late Republic133–49 BC
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305
The Fall of the Roman Republic
A single-episode overview running from the Gracchi to the rise of Augustus. (2023)
▶ YouTube
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2026
Rome’s First Civil War: Marius & Sulla
The Jugurthine War, the Cimbric terror, and the first Roman general to march his army on the city. (Aug–Sep 2026 — check the archive for exact numbers.)
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2025
Spartacus & Gladiators, with Mary Beard
The slave war of 73–71 BC. (Full episode, Oct 2025)
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IV · Caesar, Cleopatra & the End of the Republic49–30 BC
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134
Crossing the Rubicon: The rise of Julius Caesar
Gaul, the First Triumvirate, and how Caesar became powerful enough to gamble everything. (2022)
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135
Crossing the Rubicon: The die is cast
Civil war, Pharsalus, the dictatorship, and the Ides of March (44 BC). (2022)
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195
Young Cleopatra
Ptolemaic Egypt and Cleopatra’s early life. (2022)
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196
Julius Caesar & Cleopatra
Alexandria, the affair, and Caesar’s assassination. (2022)
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197
Antony & Cleopatra
The second triumvirate, the eastern court, and the break with Octavian. (2022)
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198
Cleopatra’s Downfall
Actium (31 BC), the fall of Alexandria, and the end of the Ptolemies. (2022)
▶ YouTube
V · Augustus & the Julio-Claudians27 BC – AD 68
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534–538
Emperors of Rome
Suetonius’s lives of the Caesars — Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula (“Incest and Insanity”), Claudius (“Paranoia and Poison”) and Nero. (2025)
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56
Nero
The earlier standalone portrait — the fire of Rome, the artist-emperor, the fall of the dynasty (AD 68). (2021)
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VI · Roman BritainAD 43–84
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499–502
The Roman Conquest of Britain
Claudius’s invasion, Caratacus, Boudica’s revolt (AD 60/61, “Boudicca’s Reign of Blood”), and Agricola’s march to the far north. (2025)
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VII · The Flavians, Pompeii & JerusalemAD 66–96
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The Jews Against Rome (Parts 1–2)
Judaea under Roman rule, the Great Revolt, and the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. (2022)
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16
Pompeii
An early bonus edition on the town and its rediscovery. (2021)
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355
Roman Apocalypse: Pompeii 79 AD
The eruption of Vesuvius, hour by hour. (2023)
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369
The Colosseum: Rome’s Arena of Death
The Flavian amphitheatre (opened AD 80), the games, and the gladiators. (2023)
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VIII · Decline, Christianity & the Fall of the WestAD 96–476
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156
When did the Roman Empire fall?
The long decline — Alaric’s sack of Rome (410), Attila (452), and the deposition of Romulus Augustulus (476).
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157
Byzantium and the Ghosts of Rome
Rome’s survival in the East and the idea of Rome long after the western empire. (2022)
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Constantine and Rome’s conversion to Christianity are handled mostly through Tom
Holland’s Christianity strand — the Easter “Crucifixion” specials,
the episodes on Paul, and The Rise of Christianity — rather than a dedicated
Rome series.
Approximate where marked. The podcast keeps returning to Rome, so treat this as a spine, not
a full index. For a complete, always-current list you can sort by era:
· trihexplorer.com — filter every episode by period, region or topic
· archive.therestishistory.com — the official-data timeline
· therestishistory.com/episodes — the full archive