Human Histories Podcast

After the conquest and incorporation of Gaul into the Roman Empire at the hands of Julius Caesar, a natural border- the Rhine river, had separated two distinct lands. To the west, all of Gaul and Rome's holdings. To the east- unconquered and unfamiliar lands, rife with barbarians and their uncivilized practices. The Romans, eager to expand fall into one of the worst traps they will ever encounter.

Dive into this episode where Ashton and Riley talk in detail about the importance of having an understanding of history in today's society. Ashton and Riley revisit some of the blunders and mistakes they have made so far in the creation of the show and some other great topics emerge during the discourse.

In an age where the so-called “civilized” are trading slaves, establishing penal colonies in foreign lands, and slaughtering their enemies. Who is good, and who is evil? Where loot and pillage for the crown are praised and rewarded with gold, but criminal the second it is deemed no longer necessary- Where in the cracks of history do the men that did not conform to the rules of the world fit? Where do the wild men reside? One place we know for certain was the seas of the Caribbean with the one and only: Blackbeard.

“With you it rests, Callimachus, either to bring Athens to slavery or, by securing her freedom, to be remembered by all future generations. For never since the time that the Athenians became a people were they in so great a danger as now. If they bow their necks beneath the yoke of the Persians, the woes which they will have to suffer...are already determined. If, on the other hand, they fight and overcome, Athens may rise to be the very first city in Greece.” - Miltiades in Herodotus Histories The year is 490 BC. Darius is beginning his final expedition into Greece. All those years of being told “Remember the Athenians” by his slaves, was finally about to pay off. Join us for this episode of Human Histories!

“On, sons of the Hellenes! Fight for the freedom of your country! Fight for the freedom of your children and of your wives, for the gods of your fathers and for the sepulchres of your ancestors! All are now staked upon the strife!” - Aeschylus Ashton and Riley dive into the root cause of the famous Greco-Persian Wars. Outlining the lesser-known but equally important Ionian Revolt and the battle of Sardis. What led up to it, who were the important leaders, and most importantly, what's to come. All in this episode of Human Histories