Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator
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1 CE - 284 CE
In this bonus Q&A episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answer listener questions on a wide range of topics. They discuss England's his…
Open episodeThis episode discusses Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars and the release of Tom Holland's new Penguin Classics translation. Tom and Dominic …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the life and reputation of the emperor Tiberius, centring on Suetonius' lurid portrait and contra…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History episode examines the life and reign of Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula), interrogating the lurid portrait p…
Open episodeThis episode examines the rise and rule of Claudius after the assassination of Caligula. Using Suetonius’s Life of Claudius (Tom Holland’s …
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland in conversation with Llewellyn Morgan (chair of Oxford Classics) about the recent technological bre…
Open episodeThis bonus episode reunites Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook to answer a listener’s question about how people across time have interpreted…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the context, causes, and conduct of the Roman invasion of Britain under Emperor Claudius in AD 43…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Boudicca and the revolt of the Iceni against Roman rule in AD 60–61. They open with a dramatic Ca…
Open episodeThis episode concludes a short Rest Is History series on the making of Roman Britain. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Tacitus's p…
Open episodeThis episode is an audiobook-style preface read by Tom Holland promoting his sequel to Rubicon, titled Dynasty. Holland introduces the scop…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the surprising ways Star Wars and other science-fiction/fantasy works draw on Roman imagery…
Open episodeIn this live episode Tom Holland (in naval-style jumper) and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Roman imperial image-making, focusing on portraiture…
Open episodeThis episode is an introduction/read-through by Tom Holland of his book Pax, exploring the heyday of the Roman Empire under emperors such a…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Colosseum and Roman spectacles, using the film Gladiator as an entry point. They trace …
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, examines Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii an…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener questions collected on Discor…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life, death and posthumous cult of Antinous, the exceptionally beautiful young Greek as…
Open episodeThis episode is a wide-ranging mailbag and end-of-year discussion by hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They begin with topical bante…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook begin a two-part examination of the life of Jesus, framing the subject as both historically crucial…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the historical evidence for the life, death and legacy of Jesus of Nazareth. They open by questio…
Open episodeThis episode examines holidays and tourism in the ancient world, comparing Roman elite leisure — villas, spas and the Bay of Naples resorts…
Open episodeIn this bonus episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook chat informally about recent work and listeners' contributions. Tom is finishing a …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook lead a walking tour through Roman London (Londinium), using surviving fragments, archaeology and literary…
Open episodeThis episode is a wide-ranging listener Q&A and discussion. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook field questions about scientific heroes (deba…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the First Jewish–Roman War (commonly called the Jewish Revolt), focusing on the siege and destruc…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce the origins and early course of the First Jewish–Roman War and the destruction of Jerusal…
Open episodeIn this Easter episode Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland examine crucifixion: its origins, mechanics, social function in the Roman world, a…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook mark New Year’s Day with a two-part Roman-themed discussion. Tom opens with events around 1 January…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by archaeologist Sophie Hay to discuss Pompeii and Herculaneum. They cover how the sites…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) examines the life, reign and reputation of the Roman emperor …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Professor Mary Beard about the long reception and cultural afterlife of the classical wor…
Open episodeTom Holland interviews classicist Mary Beard about gladiators and the rebellion led by Spartacus. They discuss Spartacus’s probable Thracia…
Open episodeThis members-only interview (the third in a short series with Mary Beard) focuses on Julius Caesar. Mary and the hosts sketch the Rome of C…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History Club bonus episode is a wide-ranging Q&A between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook for club members. They outlin…
Open episodeTom Holland hosts a bonus episode interviewing archaeologist Daphne Nash Briggs about what ancient British coins reveal of language, identi…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, examines Julius Caesar's two expeditions to Britain in 55…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland joined by regular contributor Theo Young-Smith; Dominic Sandbrook is absent due to travel disruptio…
Open episodeIn this live-streamed episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Tom's list of the most consequential Roman emperors, debating how m…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook preview their upcoming Dublin recordings and live show focused on Irish history, noting they will r…
Open episodeThis is a Rest Is History bonus episode in which Tom Holland recounts a three-day tour of Kent—visiting Roman lighthouses, Saxon shore fort…
Open episodeThis episode continues the hosts' multi-part examination of Julius Caesar's assassination and its aftermath. Picking up from the killing, T…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Professor Kyle Harper (University of Oklahoma) to discuss his book The Fate of Rome and the…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is hosted solo by Tom Holland with production colleague “Dom” sitting in. They discuss the recent run of London-themed e…
Open episodeThis members-only bonus episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing forthcoming and recent Rest Is History projects…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook debate when — and whether — the Roman Empire actually fell, arguing that no single date adequately captur…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sambrook discuss how history functions as entertainment across reenactments, theme parks, board games and vid…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook launch a playful "World Cup of Gods" tournament, explaining the rules (no currently widely worshipp…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a light-hearted themed episode built around a Twitter-run "World Cup of Gods," explaining e…
Open episodeThis episode (part two of the "World Cup of Gods" coverage) features Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook taking listeners through the quarter…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the idea of 'golden ages': what defines them, whether the concept is legitimate, and how nostalgi…
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Period
500 BCE - 27 BCE
Tom Holland interviews classicist Mary Beard about gladiators and the rebellion led by Spartacus. They discuss Spartacus’s probable Thracia…
Open episodeThis members-only interview (the third in a short series with Mary Beard) focuses on Julius Caesar. Mary and the hosts sketch the Rome of C…
Open episodeTom Holland hosts a bonus episode interviewing archaeologist Daphne Nash Briggs about what ancient British coins reveal of language, identi…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) continues their multi-part narrative on Hannibal's Italian ca…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook deliver a detailed narrative and analysis of the Battle of Cannae (2 August 216 BC), situating it w…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a new Rest Is History series focused on Hannibal and the Second Punic War. They outline Carthag…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Hannibal Barca’s bold decision to invade Italy in 218 BC, focusing on motives, logistics an…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, examines Julius Caesar's two expeditions to Britain in 55…
Open episodeTom Holland introduces the re-release of his first history book, Rubicon, announcing he has narrated the audiobook and offering the book's …
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook in an informal, wide-ranging discussion and Q&A.…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine early Roman–Carthaginian relations, starting with a Bronze-age treaty recorded by Polybius (dated…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook narrate the course of the First Punic War and its brutal aftermath. Using Polybius and later classical so…
Open episodeThis is the first of a short series of festive bonus Q&A episodes. Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook recap recent and upcoming episod…
Open episodeThis short bonus episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener questions in a brisk, l…
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland joined by regular contributor Theo Young-Smith; Dominic Sandbrook is absent due to travel disruptio…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook narrate the rise and fall of Gaius Julius Caesar, focusing on the political tensions that culminate…
Open episodeThis episode continues the hosts' multi-part examination of Julius Caesar's assassination and its aftermath. Picking up from the killing, T…
Open episodeThis members-only bonus episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discussing forthcoming and recent Rest Is History projects…
Open episodeThis episode (the third in the hosts' multi-part treatment of Cleopatra/Antony) traces how Mark Antony and Cleopatra moved from political c…
Open episodeThis episode is the fourth and final part of a multi-episode examination of Mark Antony, Cleopatra VII and Octavian in the late Roman Repub…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Julius Caesar's decision to cross the Rubicon and the wider collapse of the late Roman Repu…
Open episodeThis episode discusses Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars and the release of Tom Holland's new Penguin Classics translation. Tom and Dominic …
Open episodeThis episode is an audiobook-style preface read by Tom Holland promoting his sequel to Rubicon, titled Dynasty. Holland introduces the scop…
Open episodeThis bonus Rest Is History episode is a shorter Q&A-style instalment opening the podcast's multi-episode Titanic series. Hosts Tom Holland …
Open episodeThis bonus Q&A episode of The Rest Is History features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook answering listener questions and previewing …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record a bonus Rest Is History episode responding to listener questions, largely about their recent JFK s…
Open episodeThis bonus episode is a conversational mailbag between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They open by recommending a recent 80th‑ann…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook conduct an informal episode covering reading notes, news and listener questions. They discuss Tom's…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook focus on Dido (Elissa), the legendary founder-queen of Carthage, using Virgil's Aeneid as…
Open episodeThis episode examines Cleopatra's place in history through a discussion between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, drawing on Sandbrook's c…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (part two of a Cleopatra miniseries) — hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook — examines Cleopatra…
Open episodeThis bonus episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) is a wide-ranging listener-feedback and miscellany show…
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Period
323 BCE - 31 BCE
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the life, rule and legacy of Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor of China. They open with Jorge Lu…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the reality and mythology of the Library of Alexandria. Opening with a pop-culture depiction in A…
Open episodeThis episode examines Cleopatra's place in history through a discussion between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, drawing on Sandbrook's c…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History (part two of a Cleopatra miniseries) — hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook — examines Cleopatra…
Open episodeThis episode, the second in The Rest Is History's series on Alexander, follows Alexander the Great from Gaugamela through the conquest of P…
Open episodeTom Holland interviews Mary Beard about Alexander the Great, probing the line between the historical man and the myth that grew around him.…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the myth of Jason and the Argonauts and its literary afterlife, especially Apollonius of Rhodes' …
Open episodeThis episode is a conversational Q&A between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, recorded amid a marathon on the history of beards. Th…
Open episodeThis episode (the third in the hosts' multi-part treatment of Cleopatra/Antony) traces how Mark Antony and Cleopatra moved from political c…
Open episodeThis episode is the fourth and final part of a multi-episode examination of Mark Antony, Cleopatra VII and Octavian in the late Roman Repub…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History episode is a wide-ranging discussion of Babylon, concentrating on its most famous period from Nebuchadnezzar II onward…
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Period
500 BCE - 300 BCE
Tom Holland interviews Mary Beard about Alexander the Great, probing the line between the historical man and the myth that grew around him.…
Open episodeIn this bonus episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the possible historical substratum behind Greek myths, focusing on why the …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook present a travel-themed episode offering historically-minded holiday recommendations. They alternat…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Herodotus — his life, methods and enduring appeal — drawing on Tom Holland's Penguin transl…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the origins and afterlife of the Atlantis story, contrasting Graham Hancock’s modern cataclysmic …
Open episodeThis bonus episode features Tom Holland welcoming Dominic Sandbrook back from holiday for a wide-ranging informal discussion. They trade tr…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the ancient Olympic Games, exploring origins, mythic founders and the festival’s sacral character…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Sparta: its origins, social structure, myths, and lasting reputation. Holland out…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History sets the scene for Thermopylae and Salamis by explaining the broader context of the Greco‑Persian Wars.…
Open episodeThis episode continues a multipart Rest Is History treatment of the Greco-Persian Wars, with Tom Holland narrating the climax: the aftermat…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the idea of 'golden ages': what defines them, whether the concept is legitimate, and how nostalgi…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook begin a multi-part treatment of Alexander the Great, explaining why his life is one of history's great ad…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History examines the myth of Oedipus and its cultural afterlife. Holland and Sandbrook retell the Sophoclean tr…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Euripides' The Bacchae and the strange, violent cult of Dionysus. They open with a graphic passag…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the origins and reputation of Carthage by tracing its roots to the Phoenician city of Tyre. Begin…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-part series on Carthage, surveying the city's origins, growth and geopolitical…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the reality and mythology of the Library of Alexandria. Opening with a pop-culture depiction in A…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the origins and character of Athenian democracy. Using myth (Athena, Erechtheus, Theseus) a…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open by reflecting on recent live shows in London, Edinburgh and Salford, then move into a discussi…
Open episodeThis live Rest Is History episode is a wide-ranging conversation between hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook centered on the five books…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue a multi-part exploration of the Atlantis myth, tracing its origins in Plato's Timaeus and …
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss how reputations are made, unmade and revised across history. They open with General Gordon and Ly…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the history of thinking about the future: prophecies, oracles, apocalyptic religion and sci…
Open episodeThis episode, the second in The Rest Is History's series on Alexander, follows Alexander the Great from Gaugamela through the conquest of P…
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Period
1,200 BCE - 500 BCE
This episode of The Rest Is History features an interview with cuneiform specialist and author Moody Al Rashid about her book Between Two R…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the origins and reputation of Carthage by tracing its roots to the Phoenician city of Tyre. Begin…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multi-part series on Carthage, surveying the city's origins, growth and geopolitical…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the history, biblical traditions, and later mythologies surrounding the Ark of the Covenant…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the origins and character of Athenian democracy. Using myth (Athena, Erechtheus, Theseus) a…
Open episodeThis Rest Is History episode is a wide-ranging discussion of Babylon, concentrating on its most famous period from Nebuchadnezzar II onward…
Open episodeIn this bonus episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the possible historical substratum behind Greek myths, focusing on why the …
Open episodeTom Holland interviews Daniel Mendelson about Mendelson's new translation of The Odyssey and the poem's historical resonances. They outline…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook revisit Babylon’s earlier history, answering listener questions about its founding, people and rule…
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Period
3,000 BCE - 1,200 BCE
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Uruk (Warka), the ancient southern Mesopotamian city whose long occupation and extraordinary scal…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life, career and legacy of the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut. They place her in the wider…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the Vinča (Vincia) culture of the central Balkans, prompted by excavations beginning with S…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview archaeologist and author Mike Pitts about Stonehenge’s chronology, construction and meani…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook revisit Babylon’s earlier history, answering listener questions about its founding, people and rule…
Open episodeThis episode is an interview with historian Kyle Harper about his book Plagues Upon the Earth. Harper traces the deep history of infectious…
Open episodeDominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the enduring allure of Tutankhamun, tracing it from Howard Carter's dramatic 1922 discovery of an…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview Professor Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol) about paganism across time and place. Hut…
Open episodeTom Holland interviews classicist Mary Beard at Leighton House about the Trojan War and its place between myth and history. They retell the…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History features an interview with cuneiform specialist and author Moody Al Rashid about her book Between Two R…
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook open by recounting a live Tudors-themed show at Hampton Court, then preview upcoming epis…
Open episodeThis episode of The Rest Is History is a deep-dive into Helen of Troy: her mythic origins, portrayals across ancient Greek literature, and …
Open episodeIn this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Heinrich Schliemann’s archaeology and the relationship between Homeric myth and B…
Open episodeWhile stranded in a Brisbane hotel after a cancelled members' livestream, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook record an extended bonus episod…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the history, biblical traditions, and later mythologies surrounding the Ark of the Covenant…
Open episodeThis episode is an interactive bonus-format conversation between Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They introduce a new software-driven li…
Open episodeTom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Trojan War: its mythic narrative, archaeological evidence, and cultural afterlives. They summ…
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome their first-ever guest, Stephen Fry, to discuss Greek mythology with a focus on the Trojan …
Open episodeHosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Aparna Andare, an Indian curator and architectural historian, to deliver a sweep through th…
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