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The Rhine

Stories from the chaotic frontier between Rome and the "Barbarians" that became Europe's fault line. We chart the rise of the Roman Empire, it's fall in the West, and the reverberations that led to centuries of conflict between France and Germany.
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Feb 27, 2017

Part 2 of our series on the Goths who crossed into Roman territory in 376.  

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Feb 20, 2017

Covering the years 376-377, two desperate Gothic tribes run from a Hunnic army end up begging for food and shelter on the edge of the Roman Empire.

Feb 13, 2017

The arrival of the Huns in 375 CE signals the beginning of a new European epoch.  First on the chopping block: the Goths.

Feb 6, 2017

The Roman Empire is expanding, causing all sorts of conflicts with it's neighbors, including the Germanic Quadi tribe in the middle Danube.

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