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The Historian's Crucible

by Crucible Audio Essays

A Dan Carlin-inspired philosophical exploration into the human condition when societies face existential peril.

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  1. The Sea Peoples Didn't Destroy the World (Alone): Rethinking 1177 BCE

    The Sea Peoples Didn't Destroy the World (Alone): Rethinking 1177 BCE You've probably heard the story. Mysterious raiders called the Sea Peoples swept across the Mediterranean and destroyed the Bronze Age in one terrible wave. [pause] It's a great story. It's also largely built on a pharaoh's...

  2. The Warning Crassus Would Not Take

    The Warning Crassus Would Not Take Welcome to The Historian's Crucible. Today, Carrhae asks what confidence becomes when it refuses correction. Crassus has allies, officers, and choices before he has a battle. We follow those choices to a plain where courage cannot make an unworkable plan…

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  3. The Ninth Legion and Our Hunger for a Final Answer

    The Edge of the World: The Psychological Dread of Roman Britannia Welcome to The Historian's Crucible. What does it do to a soldier's mind to march beyond the frontier of civilization into the untamed unknown? In the early second century AD, one of the most battle-hardened formations in the Roman...

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A Dan Carlin-inspired philosophical exploration into the human condition when societies face existential peril.

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