Random Mediterranean Podcasts

Travel: In Situ is a podcast hosted by archaeologist Darius Arya. Each episode finds Arya on location discovering and uncovering elements of the past – from the back streets of Rome to the bazaar of Cairo, from the Agora of Athens to the Medina of Tunis, and from the Vatican Museums to the Roman emperor Diocletian’s palace of Split. Episodes drop each Monday!

Diocletian is the third century emperor that brought the Empire back from the brink of collapse. After generations of uncertainly, his will, administration, military prowess and ruthless drive established a new period of calm that rippled through the Roman empire. Just consider the tetrarchy ruling system, new management of provinces, Edict of Prices, and Great (Christian) Persecution! And when it was all said and done he retired in his bespoke fortified villa that became the core of the later town of Split, Croatia. So richly preserved that it is a noted UNESCO site and also the location for many a scene in Game of Thrones. Walk the streets of this historic site and explore the archaeology, art, and ancient history beneath with Darius on his recent visit!

Categories: History, Society & Culture

Tags: ancientrome, Archaeology, architecture, arthistory, Emperor, Entertainment, excavation, Food, historicalpreservation, History, Italy, Mediterranean, Romans, Rome, travel, wine

This subject deals with the cultural history of the ancient Greek world through both textual sources and the material evidence of art and archaeology. The period covered runs from the Iron Age world of Archaic Greece through to the late Classical period (roughly from the 8th century to the 4th century BCE). We will concentrate mainly on Athens and mainland Greece, but we will also focus on the Greek expansion into other parts of the Mediterranean world (Sicily and South Italy) in the process of colonisation. Historical texts will be combined with literary sources and archaeology to explore the physical nature of ancient Greek cities and social issues such as the position of women, ethnicity, sexuality and slavery in the ancient Greek world.

Categories: Education

Tags: ancient Greece, ancient history, christopher mackie, gillian shepherd, greece, Greek History, History, La Trobe, Mediterranean, university

Interviews with historians about the history of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Visit https://www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/ for hundreds more archived episodes.

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: Arabic, Armenian, Culture, east, Egypt, Empire, History, islam, Mediterranean, middle, Ottoman, palestine, Russia, Syria, Turkey