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Episode 374 - The English Peasants' Revolt: Part 1
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Peasants in Essex and Kent rise up after multiple tax hikes and one too many laws are written regulating their hats, shoes, and diets. Soon, London would burn.
Sources:
Dan Jones. Summer of Blood: Peasants' Revolt Of 1381
Alastair Dunn. The Peasants' Revolt: England's Failed Revolution of 1381
Andrew Prescott. The Hand of God: The Suppression of the Peasants' Revolt
John Hatcher. Plague, Population, and the English Economy, 1348-1530
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Episode 373 - The Battle of Abritus
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It is never a good time to go hiking in the swamp with 100,000 of your friends and two Emperors.
Sources:
https://earth-history.com/Europe/Goths/jordanes-goths-04-3rdcentury.htm
https://historycollection.com/two-roman-emperors-brutally-died-battle-251-ad/
Jones, Christopher P. Further Dexippus (Online).
Ludwig Heinrich Dyck. "Philippolis: Roman Disaster on the Western Border." Military Heritage. April 2008. Vol. 9. No. 5
The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD
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*PREVIEW* History of Armenia 43: Eventful Times
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Episode 371 - The Siege of Tyre
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Joe, Nate, and Tom discuss the time that Alexander the Great altered the geography of the planet in order to build a huge land bridge and punish Tyre for not letting him visit the ancient world's most instagrammable temple.
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sources:
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/siege-of-tyre-alexander-the-greats-assault-on-the-persians/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-fall-of-tyre/
https://www.historynet.com/alexander-the-great-siege-of-tyre/
https://www.historyonthenet.com/engines-of-destruction-the-evolution-of-siege-warfare-alexander-the-great
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