[namdnay]

I sometimes feel like I’m the only one to not be a huge fan of The History Of Rome. It wasn’t bad, but I got frustrated with the fact that it was too much of “A biography of Roman leaders”: not enough analysis of the more fundamental shifts happening behind the scenes, not enough time spent discussing what was life was actually like for the various populations at different times. There were a few “step back” episodes, but they were few and far between

There, I’ve got it off my chest. You can start throwing stones now ;)

[boomboomsubban]

Unfortunately the historical record lacks the information to provide a meaningful analysis of many of those people behind the scenes. Only the nobles were writing books, and the emperors only kept the ones flattering them.

Most popular accounts of more behind the scenes actions extrapolate heavily from minimal information. We actually have very little idea how Roman soldiers of various eras fought for example, descriptions of battles rarely describe the individual soldiers actions during combat.

I'm sure Duncan would have liked to do more about the people, Revolutions often tries to describe the lives of the multiple different sides.

[waflhead]

Consider the Life of Caesar podcast. They're covering the period starting from Julius Caesar and after 6 years and hundreds of hours they're only up to Nero.

[thrower123]

I couldn't get into that podcast. I just don't like Duncan's voice.