The Dark Ages Podcast: Recent Episodes
Herbert F. Bushman
The history of Europe from 376 and beyond the Fall of Rome.
Barbarian invasions, kings, queens, and saints, myths and legends.
It’s the history they skipped.
The Kingdom of the Suevi
C.418 to 470
The Suevi have been the unloved stepchildren of the Dark Ages Podcast for far too long, and finally get their own episode! They’re going to have to be happy with it because I don’t see anything else coming their way. We’ll trace their origins in the forests of Germania, their establishment of a kingdom in northwestern Hispania, and the fortunes of their three most successful kings, before it all turns to mush in the end.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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C.406 to 452
And we’re back! Thank you to everyone for your patience and kind emails and messages, they meant a lot to me and kept me motivated to come back.
Hispania was a peaceful and prosperous part of the Roman Empire for much of its history, and a popular retirement destination. The arrival of the Vandals, Suevi, and Alans, followed by the Visigoths, put all that peace and tranquility firmly in the rear view mirror.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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- The Fall of Italy
March 538 - May 540
The Gothic War grew in intensity after the siege of Rome, and Belisarius had to deal with threats both from without and from within his own army as he fought to bring it to a successful conclusion. The war spread across northern Italy, with devastating consequences for the civilian populace.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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What happens when I wander off topic into the wilds of Magical Practice in Byzantine Egypt? You get a bonus episode, that’s what!
This one explores a story of one particular Egyptian saint, and the strange case of the woman transformed into a horse. It’s just a bit of anthropological fun. We’ll be back to Belisarius in the next episode.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Ritual" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Rites" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Shaving Mirror" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Wives, Lovers, and The Worst Year Ever
This episode is all over the place. It features marital infidelity, official corruption, Swiss glaciers, an Icelandic volcano, and an attempt at an Irish accent that inevitably slides into a Scottish one in less than four words. Enjoy.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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November 536 to March 538
Belisarius continues moving up the Italian Peninsula, to bring his army to attack the greatest prize: Rome itself.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Theodahad’s Thirty Pigs
535 to 536
The death of Amalasuintha triggered the Gothic Wars, wherein the Eastern Empire, under Justinian, attempted to claw back what it had lost in Italy. This episode follows the war up to the siege of Naples by Belisarius in the autumn of 536.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Queen of the Goths
526 to 535
The death of Theodoric brought his youngest daughter Amalasuintha to power, as regent to her son Athalaric. She was the first queen of a post Roman state to openly wield authority, and inherited a realm divided against itself. This episode tells her story.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"I Walk With Ghosts", by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au
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"The Epic 2" by Rafael Krux
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"Nordic Wist" and "Pippin the Hunchback" by Kevin MacLeod (https://www.incompetech.com)
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"We Three Celtic Kings" by Alexander Nakarada | https://creatorchords.com
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September 533 - March 534
Things go from bad to worse for the Vandals in Africa.
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533
The first of Justinian’s wars in the West begins, as Belisarius leads an army to Africa. Early victory makes the war seem like a slam dunk, and Procopius is there to tell us all about it.
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518 to 532
Justinian is probably the best-known “Byzantine” emperor to the general public. We’ll introduce the man and some of his circle, and explore some of the most important events at the beginning of his reign.
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476 to 533
The Vandal Kingdom has had its ups and its downs since the fall of the West. Four kings work to maintain Gaiseric’s legacy in the face of a hostile populace and a looming threat in the East.
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490ish to 526
A whirlwind tour around Europe, checking in on what’s been going on in the years up to Theodoric’s death.
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493 (maybe?) to 511
We finish off the career of Clovis I, and then backtrack to talk about his conversion to Catholicism, and what it all meant.
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486 to 508
Clovis and his army carve a new thing, called France, out of old Roman Gaul.
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c. 400 to 486 CE
We review the sources for the reign of Clovis the First, and review the scenario in northern Gaul when he came to power.
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The legends and literature that came out of the Dark Ages are rich and stirring tales of heroism that have inspired both great art and terrible crimes. In this episode, I retell three stories from the many contained in the sagas and epics of Germany and Scandinavia.
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Title Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
Incidental Music:
"Pippin the Hunchback" by Kevin MacLeod (https://freepd.com)
"Hidden Past" by Kevin MacLeod (https://filmmusic.io/u/kmac)
"Temple of the Manes" by Kevin MacLeod (https://filmmusic.io/u/kmac)
"Nordic Wist" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
"The Ice Giants" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Rulers of our Lands" by Rafael Krux (https://freepd.com/)
"Rites" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com)
"Combat Theme #2" by Andrew Sitkov
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511 to 526 CE
"Lying in a featherbed will not bring you fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water." --Dante
The last years of Theodoric's reign in Italy saw the erosion of confidence, and increasing internal strife, along with diplomatic reversals abroad.
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"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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484 to 519 CE
Divisions within the church have consequence for Theodoric's relationship with the Emperor.
Against my better judgment, this episode is mostly about religion. So, remember when I was talking about Boethius and I mentioned the Acacian Schism, and I said it was just too obscure to get into? Well guess what?
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500 - 511 CE
Theodoric and Cassiodorus work to prevent war in Western Europe, while crafting an image of imperial majesty. In the end, it works out pretty well for the Ostrogoths.
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We pause to take a look at two of the most famous subjects of Theodoric the Great.
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493 to about 505 CE
Theodoric's kingdom in Italy gets historians unreasonably excited. We'll explore how he ran it, how he turned himself from warband chief to beloved king, and how he worked to restore the glory of old.
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488 to 493
Theodoric leads his people to Italy, to make war on Odoacer and win for himself a permanent kingdom.
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Sources:
Heather, Peter J. The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014.
Martindale, J.R. The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. II. vol. 2, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1980. 3 vols. The Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/prosopography-later-roman-empire/PLRE-II/mode/1up.
Wolfram, Herwig. History of the Goths. Translated by Thomas Dunlap, University of California Press, 1990.
479 to 488
Rocky relations between Theodoric and Zeno lead to ups and downs for the Ostrogoths, along with many diversions and detours in their search for a stable home. Finally, an opportunity arises in Italy, and Theodoric moves boldly in the direction of one last gamble.
Maps for this episode.
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c. 460 to 479 CE
We welcome to the stage Theodoric, soon to be Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. In the process we catch up on the overwritten soap opera that was politics in Constantinople in the 470s. It’s a wild ride.
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455 to 490 CE
Odoacer is a name that is little known and little celebrated. This episode illuminates the career of the soldier who closed the book on the Roman empire, who was he, and why don't we know him better?
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References
Bury, John B. 1967. The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians. Edited by Fossey John C. Hearnshaw. New York: Norton.
Eugippius. 1965. Commemoratorium Severinus. Translated by Ludwig Bieler. Washington, DC: Catholic University Press.
Frassetto, Michael. 2003. Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Goldsworthy, Adrian K. 2009. How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Heather, Peter J. 2014. The Restoration of Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wolfram, Herwig. 1997. The Roman Empire and Its Germanic Peoples. Translated by Thomas Dunlap and Thomas R. Dunlap. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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This the first episode of Season 2 takes a broad look at what the waging of war looked like in the dark ages, from weapons to tactics and funding. It's good to be back.
For the transcript of this episode, along with images and links, visit www.darkagespod.com.
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Full text of "The Battle of Maldon"
A reading of "The Battle of Maldon"
Music:
Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
474 to 476 CE
In which we kill off the Western Roman Empire, and then dig through the remains to try and figure out what happened. More importantly, where do we go from here?
Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod at Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
c. 367 to c. 460 CE
The much-promised episode about post Roman Britain arrives, to explore what a real Dark Age would look like.
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Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod at Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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"Pippin the Hunchback", "Nordic Wist", & "Moorland", all by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
453 CE to 460 CE
Out of the wreckage of Attila's empire, new peoples emerge. New actors inject new elements into the political game of the late Roman empire
British Museum entry for the Gepids, with some artefacts
History Files Article and Regnal List of the Gepids
Scirian Earring found at Bakod Puszta
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Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod at Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
466 to around 473
The Visigoths break out, under the leadership of their new and aggressive King Euric. Inside the empire, another emperor falls to Ricimer's scheming.
An appropriate map for this episode is here.
Sources are here
Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod at Free Music Archive Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
461 to 468 CE
The East and West combine forces in one great push to take Africa backs from the Vandals and make everything all better.
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456 to 464 CE
Emperor Majorian and his Right-Hand man Ricimer attempt to pull the empire back from the brink after the departure of Avitus. But there's a snake in the grass, a fly in the ointment, and a bad apple in the barrel. It all leads to the creation of a new entity called the Kingdom of Soissons. Or does it?
Map of Majorian's Campaigns
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Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sound effects from freesound.com and zapsplat.com
The Franks, Part I
280 to 480 CE
We welcome the Franks onto the stage of Europe, and look at their origins, early history, ferocious reputation, and the way modern politics work their way into the telling of history.
Fittings from the Sword and Scabbard found in Childeric's tomb.
Childeric's Ring at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France
Childeric's Bees
Sword and Scabbard Decoration from Childeric's Treasure
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Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
418 to 456 CE
A senator by the name of Eparchius Avitus is dragooned into filling the imperial shoes left behind by the well-aimed brick that took out Petronius Maximus. His life gives a framework for discussing the place of southern Gaul within the Roman empire, and how the Visigoths were settling in.
The full text of Sidonius' letter describing Theodoric.
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Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Vandals Part III
439 to 455 CE
“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be therefore as wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” Matthew, 10:16
Gaiseric weathers Roman attempts to recover the African provinces, and begins to set his house in order. Marriage deals are made and broken, and an ancient version of gunboat diplomacy is used by the new king. Meanwhile, jealousy and paranoia lead to big changes in the Roman government, and the consequences are severe. The Vandals play their most famous role in Roman history in this episode.
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Title Music: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sound effects from freesound.com and zapsplat.com
c. 450 to c. 482 CE
Saint Severinus was a holy man who was active in Noricum Ripensis, in modern Austria and Bavaria. His life coincided with the end of Roman rule in the west, and the biography that was written by his disciple Eugippius includes several insights into the world as the ancient social structures changed and were replaced by new anxieties and dangers. In this episode we'll talk about those changes and the new role religion was taking on in the formerly Roman West.
Article on the Noricum Limes - with Map
The Huns, Part IV
450-453 CE
Attila unleashed his fury on the Western empire in two back to back campaigns. The first culminated in the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields. The second ended with the famous meeting between Attila the Hun and Pope Leo I.
Map of Attila's Invasion of Italy
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War dominates the scene on today's episode, as it does on today's headlines. The inevitable consequence of war is the displacement of those caught in its path. If you can, please donate to one of the organizations working to help Ukrainian refugees, and people all around the world who are victimized by the violence of the powerful and the greedy. Links to a few of them are below. Thank you.
The International Rescue Committee
Global Giving
Doctors Without Borders
Music
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incomptech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
c. 448 CE
In the spring, a diplomatic mission set out from Constantinople for discussions with Atilla the Hun. One of the men on the trip later wrote out his experience in one of the most detailed accounts of life among the Huns. This episode condenses the writing of Priscus of Panion, diplomat and historian.
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408 - 439 CE
The Vandals, along with their allies, the Alans and Suevi, ravage Spain before moving into Africa. There, under the leadership of their king Gaiseric, they will achieve something no other Barbarian tribe has yet accomplished.
Map of the Vandal Invasion of Spain
Roman Provinces of Africa
The Peutinger Tabula
Music
Title: "The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod http://www.freepd.com
Incidental Music by Andrew Sitkov
c. 200 BCE to 408 CE
I introduce the Vandals with a cold. The Vandals don't have a cold, I have a cold. So, sorry about that.
The Vandals rose up next door to the Goths, with whom they would have a complicated relationship. This episode tracks their early migration into Gaul and then Spain, and talks a little bit about what their home life would have been like. There's also a bonus tribe, as we sketch a bit about the Alans.
And as promised, I learned to pronounce "Przeworsk"
Report on the Archaeology of the Przeworsk Culture in Hungary
Sketches of various Przeworsk artifacts
Article on with Maps and pictures
Some photographs of Wielbark Artifacts for comparison
Music:
The Britons by Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
435 - 446 CE
The scourge of God rises from the Hunnic horde. The Romans have to deal with him while also facing earthquake, flood, and plague. Straight up not having a good time, bro.
Map of the Roman road network.
Another map of the geography of the Balkans in late antiquity.
Music "The Bretons" By Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
395 - 435 CE
Contact with the wealth of the Roman empire gradually changes the Huns and sets the stage for their most famous ruler.
Map of Roman Provinces
Music "The Bretons" By Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
c. 370 - 395 CE
Where had the Huns come from? Who were they? How did they fight? What made them so scary?
I'll look for answers in this episode, and may even find some.
Information on cranial modification is here and here
An image of the patera is here
Music "The Bretons" By Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
The Goths, Part 5
410 - 451 CE
The Visigoths move out of Italy, into more years of privation. Along the way there's a royal marriage, long marches, sieges and naval blockades. Ultimately the Goths find what they've been looking for for nearly half a century - a home. But there's another, even greater test on the horizon, and a chance to face an old enemy.
Music:
"The Bretons" By Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
"The Black Knight" By Raphael Krux freepd.com
"Epic Strike" By Andrew Sitkov freepd.com
Music is for this episode is by Andrew Sitkov, Keven MacLeod, and Raphael Krux
Sources can be found here
The Goths, Part 4
408-410 CE
The death of Stilicho leaves Alaric and the Visigoths high and dry. Negotiations break down, and Alaric takes drastic action. The Sack of Rome of 410 is pointed to as one of the points where the Roman Empire fell, and the resonance of the event would be felt down through the centuries.
Music :
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
"Rulers of our Lands" by Raphael Krux freepd.com
The Goths, Part 3
378 - 408 CE
The Gothic Wars end in stalemate as Goths and Romans try to come to terms with new realities. A new leader appears to push for dignity and power for his people, who will take the fight into the heartland of the Roman world.
Map of Alaric's invasion of Greece
Map of Alaric's First Invasion of Italy
Bust of Eutropius
Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
The Goths, Part 2
c. 264-378 CE
The Goths face challenges at home and abroad. An ambitious Roman Emperor seeks to shore up his reign at their expense. Religious controversy and rivalry threatens internal stability. But the greatest challenge arises in the East, and the Goths must abandon their way of life.
The Lord's Prayer in Gothic
Map of the Adrianople Campaign
Music:
"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
The Goths, Part One.
The Goths appear on the Roman border and quickly become a force to be reckoned with. This episode deals with the Goths origins, early history, conflicts with Rome in the third century, and some things about their culture. Who was a Goth when he was at home? (Spoiler, he didn't wear black or think much about vampires.)
This episode covers a period from about 100 BCE to 271 CE.
Music "The Bretons" By Kevin MacLeod freepd.com
The mentioned map can be found here.
References are here.