Septimus Prime
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His Plan A topic was probably Cortez and Montezuma. He's not doing it because History on Fire is, and Daniele actually starts his series by apologizing for making Dan change topics.
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Hardcore History |OT| New episode: Painfotainment
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More_Badass
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Oh, interesting, haven't gotten to the latest HoF yet. I wonder if Plan B will be adjacent (ie a different conquistador, a different age of discovery story, etc) or something completely different
He covered an aspect of the Reformation through the siege of Munster .. but it would be interesting if he took it a step further with an overview of the Thirty Years War.
It's not as widely known outside of Germany, yet it was certainly considered one of the most devastating wars on a brutality scale on par with the Second World War.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I've been waiting for him to tackle Mexican history since forever so this saddens me deeply
Daniele is good but he's a pale substitute for Carlin.
HoF episode could be interesting with its companion series on Martyr Made, which I would recommend everyone here check out.
More_Badass
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Oh, nice, I'm not the only one who listens to Martyr Made
More_Badass
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Saw a recent tweet from Carlin that said Destroyer of Worlds had "nearly 19 million downloads". Not sure how many downloads the biggest podcasts get, but that was a way bigger number than I was expecting. I thought podcasts were kind of more niche than that, even one as popular as HH.
Aurelius
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Carlin just tweeted the new episode is out.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha60_The_Celtic_Holocaust.mp3
The Celtic Holocaust.
https://traffic.libsyn.com/dancarlinhh/dchha60_The_Celtic_Holocaust.mp3
The Celtic Holocaust.
It's about fucking time.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
What is it about?
Tinfoilhatsron
Banned
Nice. Going to purchase that immediately.
More_Badass
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Judging by the name, Irish famine?
Caesar's conquest of Gaul, based on the description.
ShadowSwordmaster
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More_Badass
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.Julius Caesar is our travel guide as he takes us through his murderous subjugation of the native Celtic tribal peoples of ancient Gaul. It sounds vaguely like other, recent European colonial conquests...until the natives nearly win.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
Thanks. I couldn't find it.
More_Badass
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ShadowSwordmaster
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I wonder what plan A was?
More_Badass
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Early rumors implied that he was planning on doing the conquest of Mesoamerica, but then History of Fire started a big series on that. Not sure if that turned out to be true
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
It would fit the themes that he is going for in the Celtic Holocaust from the looks of it.
Nice. More Hardcore History is always welcomed.
I'm intrigued that Carlin is covering Caesar's conquest of Gaul as most history books don't seem to make a "big deal" about what transpired in the Roman conquest. The Romans literally annexed the region of modern day France and the Low Countries and brutally slaughtered any tribes that resisted them; in death tolls ranging in hundred of thousands.. (regardless of gender or age)
I'm intrigued that Carlin is covering Caesar's conquest of Gaul as most history books don't seem to make a "big deal" about what transpired in the Roman conquest. The Romans literally annexed the region of modern day France and the Low Countries and brutally slaughtered any tribes that resisted them; in death tolls ranging in hundred of thousands.. (regardless of gender or age)
More_Badass
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Remembering Carlin's focus in the Wrath of the Khans and the comments of that professor that stuck with him, this is like the perfect topic for him. The quickly-passed-over "no big deal" sidenote that was a horrific atrocity thousands of years ago
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
His professor was talking what happened to the Chinese during the invasions.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
IT HAS BEEN TEN THOUSAND YEARS
Edit: holy shot six hours
Edit2: So I guess he's picking stuff from early in the show and expanding it to the longer format now? Considering this likely covers the Vercingetorix story just like how he used the Steppe Stores for Wrath of the Kans.
Death Throes of the Empire VI, which was basically focused on rise and fall of Julius Ceaser (after he was set up in part V) was shorter than this podcast on gaelic conquests.
Excited for this and no wonder he took 6.5 months, 6 hours after ditching plan A, the man is insane.
Excited for this and no wonder he took 6.5 months, 6 hours after ditching plan A, the man is insane.
Oddly enough this Celt was wondering a curious What-If where the Celts in 390 BC decided to wipe Rome off the map like the Romans did with Carthage instead of merely plundering the city. Would we have all been speaking something like Irish/Welsh today and worshipping the ancient Celtic gods?
Doubtful. I suspect the Carthaginians or one of Alexander's Successor/Hellenistic Kingdoms would have ended up dominating the Mediterranean instead of the Romans.
The petty tribal society of the Celts and lack of a strong central government would have surely made it impossible for them to unify and maintain Europe under their control, unlike the Greeks and Carthaginians who had developed sophisticated institutions as civilizations.
The petty tribal society of the Celts and lack of a strong central government would have surely made it impossible for them to unify and maintain Europe under their control, unlike the Greeks and Carthaginians who had developed sophisticated institutions as civilizations.
It need not have been empire in the formal sense that we know it, more a Celtic hedgmony where their culture, economy and influence is dominant in Europe. We saw this later when the Germanic tribes rose in the wake of Rome's collapse in the West. What were once fractured tribes eventually gave way to the Frankish Empire. Celtic civilisation never had the opportunity to grow and evolve. Who knows where it might have ended up after a few centuries.
And FWIW, coherent Celtic kingdoms with centralised authority have been established in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Septimus Prime
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Ah, so about the length of a blitz edition, then.
Nice to have a topic I know next to nothing about!
Can't wait to dig in tomorrow! Perfect timing, too, since a bunch of shows are going on hiatus now.
Orbis Tabula
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Awesome! Can't wait for a listen!
Hardcore History is probably one of the first podcasts I ever really listened to. Thing is, in the time since then, I've gotten into podcasts in a big way. I've got 24 different subscriptions I've been keeping up with, and I've barely been able to juggle them as is! Let's see how this 6 hour atom bomb wrecks my delicate podcast environment.
Hardcore History is probably one of the first podcasts I ever really listened to. Thing is, in the time since then, I've gotten into podcasts in a big way. I've got 24 different subscriptions I've been keeping up with, and I've barely been able to juggle them as is! Let's see how this 6 hour atom bomb wrecks my delicate podcast environment.
His Majesty
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That's a nice announcement to wake up to! King of Kings is still on my to-listen list but it didn't really grab me.
Having read De Bello Gallico a long time ago my knowledge on the subject has become a bit rusty. And very one sided of course.
Having read De Bello Gallico a long time ago my knowledge on the subject has become a bit rusty. And very one sided of course.
viciouskillersquirrel
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With the release of this, you could, in theory, do a marathon where you start with Punic Nightmares, move on to Death Throes of the Republic with Celtic Holocaust and Romancing the Tribes thrown in after Caesar is first introduced, finish off Death Throes of the Republic, then finish it off with Thor's Angels and its extra episode, having never truly left the Roman period (apart from the story of Tecumseh during Romancing the Tribes).
How many hours would that take?
How many hours would that take?
Zepp Twofist
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29-30 hours
BLAUcopter
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Dan is the best there is.
BLAUcopter
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http://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-ghosts-ostfront-series/
... or do you mean the Western front?
Seductivpancakes
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Lol totally just talked about that art piece in class this summer. Im excite.
Hari Seldon
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Outstanding! I was hoping he would go back to shorter episodes but after this long ass wait it better be long lol.
