The Dark Ages Podcast
1) Friends & Neighbors
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. Episode Website Sour...Show More
2) Cass and Bo
We pause to take a look at two of the most famous subjects of Theodoric the Great. Transcript for today's show. Support the podcast here. Title Music:"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Li...Show More
3) Regnum Italiae
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 rest...Show More
4) The War for Italy
488 to 493Â Theodoric leads his people to Italy, to make war on Odoacer and win for himself a permanent kingdom. Transcript and Maps Here Just Maps Here Support the show Here Title Music:"The Britons"...Show More
5) Boldness Be My Friend
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...Show More
6) A Balkan Bust-Up
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...Show More
7) The Usurper
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 kno...Show More
8) On War
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 epis...Show More
9) The End of the Beginning
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? Â Title Music:"The Briton...Show More
10) Alas, Britain
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.  Sources  Music Credits: Title Music:"The Britons" by Kevin MacLeod a...Show More