The Almost Forgotten
The Almost Forgotten
The podcast focuses on the lives and times of great historical figures that have mostly fallen through the cracks of our collective memories. We may have heard of these people, but they don't get the attention that some do. Here, they get their due. http://almostforgotten.squarespace.com on Twitter: @thealmostforgot
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Jun 15, 2026
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Episodes
Episode 2.1 - The Diadochi Part 1 - Partitions and Alliances 04.01.2017
Alexander the Great's successors deal with the death of the young king and the fracturing of his massive empire
Episode 2.0 - Returning for Season 2 14.12.2016
A brief overview of the next few episodes and why'll they'll be different, but the same, as last season
Episode 1.10 - John III Sobieski 06.07.2016
John III Sobieski was a Polish general who became king, stopped the last great Ottoman push into Central Europe, and saved his country numerous times
Episode 1.9 - Hayreddin Barbarossa 01.06.2016
Hayreddin started out as a corsair before ruling over the western Mediterranean for the Ottomans and eventually founded their navy
Episode 1.8 - Paramesawara 11.05.2016
The last prince of a once-mighty empire, who fled his city and founded a powerful maritime, trade-based kingdom
Episode 1.7 - Enrico Dandolo 20.04.2016
Dandolo became Doge of Venice when it was a city-state with a few dependencies. By the time he died, Venice was an empire
Episode 1.6 - Otto the Great 06.04.2016
Otto helped unite East Francia and established the Holy Roman Empire into basically the country it was for 1,000 years
Episode 1.5 - Emperor Wen of Sui 23.03.2016
Sui Wen-di was able to take over the Northern Zhou and continue its expansion until he had united China, ushering in 6 centuries of unity and prosperity
Episode 1.4 - Zenobia 09.03.2016
Zenobia was a Syrian queen who helped defend Rome against Persia, then declared her own kingdom and fought against Rome
Episode 1.3 - Mithridates the Great 24.02.2016
Mithridates was King of Pontus, and built an empire to rival Rome on his way to a showdown with the late Republic
Episode 1.2 - Chandragupta Maurya 10.02.2016
Chandragupta Maurya founded India's biggest empire for 2000 years, and was grandfather of Ashoka the Great
Episode 1.1 - Marcus Furius Camillus 03.02.2016
Marcus Furius Camillus brought Rome back from the brink of extinction and helped set it on its path to glory
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