Welcome to the second episode of We Effed Up! On this episode, we examine the rule of Emperor Maurice and why it pays off to keep your army happy. Sources<ul><li>Howard-Johnston, James. The Last Great War of Antiquity. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2021.</li><li>Ibrahim, Raymond. Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West. De Capo Press, New York, 2018.</li><li>Norwich, John Julius. Byzantium: The Early Centuries. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1988.</li><li>Pourshariah, Parvaneh. The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran. I. B. Tauris, New York, 2008.</li></ul> <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Episode 3: Leonidas Polk

On this humorous and informative show, a long-time history lover and a history rookie discuss pivotal moments in time when someone effed up, and unwittingly changed the course of history.Cover art: The Course of Empire: Destruction, Thomas Cole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.