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The Jeremy Ryan Slate Show

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Julius Caesar: The Man Who Broke Rome | 100–50 BC

Oct 12, 202628 min

Pompey: The General Who Could Have Been Caesar | 106–48 BC

Oct 5, 202621 min

The Republic Didn't Die From One Man. It Died When Offices Got a Price Tag.

Sep 28, 202648 min

Spartacus: The Slave Revolt That Set Up Rome's Collapse

Sep 21, 202620 min

Sulla: The First Man to Break Rome

Sep 14, 202623 min

The War Rome Almost Lost to Its Own Allies

Sep 7, 202618 min

What If Aurelian Never Died? The Rome That Never Fell

Sep 2, 202619 min

Marius: The Reform That Accidentally Destroyed Rome

Aug 31, 202631 min

The House of Romanov: 304 Years to a Basement in Yekaterinburg

Aug 26, 202628 min

The Real Reason the Roman Senate Killed One of Its Own in 133 BC

Aug 24, 202623 min

Alexander the Great's Empire Died in Months, One General Made It Last 300 Years

Aug 19, 202618 min

The Real Reason the Roman Republic Actually Died (It Took 100 Years)

Aug 17, 202633 min

Charlemagne's Empire Wasn't Destroyed by Vikings. It Was Divided by Lawyers.

Aug 12, 202632 min

The Real Reason the Roman Republic Lasted 500 Years

Aug 10, 202636 min

The Hautevilles: The Norman Family William the Conqueror Was Jealous Of

Aug 5, 202656 min

Marcus Aurelius Was the Best Emperor Rome Ever Had — And It Wasn't Enough

Aug 3, 202628 min

Henry VIII: The King Who Turned His Father's Ledger Into a Weapon.

Jul 29, 202650 min

Money, Borders, Power: The Pattern That Actually Killed Rome

Jul 27, 20261h 5m

Henry VII: The Tax Accountant Who Reinvented the English Monarchy

Jul 22, 202628 min

The Real Reason the Catholic Church Still Runs on Roman Rules

Jul 20, 202630 min

The Habsburg Jaw: Why the Empire That Ruled the World Couldn't Chew

Jul 15, 202631 min

Britain: What Real Civilizational Collapse Actually Looks Like

Jul 13, 202632 min

Napoleon Didn't Take Power. France Voted To Give It To Him.

Jul 8, 202626 min

Justinian's Reconquest Destroyed More of Rome Than the Barbarians

Jul 6, 202631 min

The Wars of the Roses: How England's Aristocracy Killed Itself in 30 Years

Jul 1, 20261h 8m

The Kingdom That Tried to Be Roman

Jun 29, 202639 min

476 AD Is Wrong. Here's When Rome Actually Fell

Jun 24, 202634 min

Rome Didn't Fall — Here's What Actually Happened

Jun 22, 202623 min

Scottish Clan Tartans Aren't Ancient. They Were Invented in 1842 by Two English Con Men.

Jun 18, 202633 min

The Real Fall of Rome

Jun 15, 202626 min

1066: England Wasn't Conquered at Hastings. It Was Conquered in the 20 Years After.

Jun 10, 20261h 3m

Slaves Opened the Gates of Rome (Not Barbarians)

Jun 8, 20261h 3m

Yellow Journalism: The Architecture of Modern Manipulation

Jun 3, 202621 min

Rome Killed the Man Who Was Saving It

Jun 1, 202622 min

The Okhrana: How Tsarist Russia Invented the Surveillance State the KGB Inherited

May 27, 202618 min

How Rome's Last Emperor Gave Up the Border (Theodosius)

May 25, 202626 min

The Reign of Terror: 18 Months From the King's Execution to Robespierre's

May 20, 202620 min

Adrianople: The Day Rome Actually Fell

May 18, 202619 min

The Pattern: How American Assassinations Reshape Policy

May 13, 202624 min

Julian the Apostate: The Reversal That Couldn't Happen

May 11, 202626 min

The Augustus System: How to Replace a Republic Without Anyone Noticing

May 6, 202614 min

The Constantine System: How to Take Over an Empire Without Destroying It

May 4, 202614 min

They Built a System That Watches Everyone

Apr 29, 202610 min

Coins Don't Lie—Here's What Killed Rome

Apr 27, 202646 min

They Didn't Conquer Nations — They Invoiced Them: The Bank of England's Secret

Apr 22, 202613 min

The Emperor Didn’t Run Rome

Apr 20, 202627 min

Who Really Created the Federal Reserve? The Truth They Don't Teach

Apr 15, 202613 min

Rome's Emergency Powers Never Ended. Ours Haven't Either.

Apr 13, 202627 min

Before the Federal Reserve: How the Dutch Invented the World's First Deep State

Apr 8, 202629 min

Did Diocletian Save Rome… or Break It?

Apr 6, 20261h 0m