Explore the peoples of Romania from ancient times to the present.
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1.03 A wintry land
A skilled Getic ruler named Dromichaetes fends off Greek invasions during the chaotic period following the collapse of Alexander the Great’s empire. Transcript Hello and welcome to A history of Romania. Season 1, Episode 3: A wintry land We left the story in the early 4th century BCE in the Odrysian kingdom. As you know, the…
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1.02 Ships on the horizon
The Greeks arrive on the shores of the Black Sea and found colonies to trade with the Getae. War soon comes to the region, however, as the Persian Empire marches an army right through the territory of the Getae on its way to battling the Scythians. The map below shows the peoples living around the…
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1.01 The first steps
The first narrative episode looks at the geography of present-day Romania, then follows the first nomadic peoples that arrived in the area, explains how they became a sedentary tribe called the Getae, and explores their society. The map for this episode shows the three most important geographic features of the region we’re discussing: the Carpathian Mountains,…
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1.00 Introduction
The introduction of the podcast gives you some context about Romanian history as well as a sense of the scope of the story and how I’ll tell it. Transcript Hello, and welcome to A history of Romania. My name’s Arthur, and I’ll be your storyteller. I was born and raised in Romania, and though I…