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Videos, conversations, slides, infographics and data made with NotebookLM from the author's research notebooks, each set beside the passage it illuminates. 76 slides · 18 infographic · 17 watch · 12 the data · 12 map · 8 listen · 6 diagram. They are companions for study, not part of the graded narrative.
Book I · Proem
Book I · Chapter 1: The Gallic Catastrophe
Book I · Chapter 2: The Latin Twilight and the Samnite Dawn
Book I · Chapter 6: The Consolidation of Italy
Book I · Epilogue: Rome in 264 BC
Book II · Proem
Book II · Chapter 1: The First Punic War: Opening and the Birth of Roman Sea-Power
Book II · Chapter 4: The Coming of Hannibal: From Saguntum to the Alps
Book II · Chapter 6: Cannae
Book III · Chapter 2: The Sicilian Theater: Syracuse and the Recovery of the Italian South
Book IV · Proem
Book IV · Chapter 4: The Spanish Wars: Lusitanians, Celtiberians, Viriathus, and Numantia
Book IV · Chapter 5: The Third Punic War and the Destruction of Carthage
Book IV · Epilogue: Rome in 146 BC
Book V · Chapter 1: The Gracchan Crisis: The Return of Political Violence
Book V · Chapter 2: The Jugurthine War and the Rise of Marius
Book V · Chapter 4: The Social War and the Civil Wars of Marius and Sulla
Book V · Chapter 5: Wars in the Shadow of the Settlement: Mithridates, Sertorius, Spartacus
Book V · Chapter 6: Pompey and the Conquest of the East
Book V · Chapter 7: Caesar in Gaul
SlidesNotebookLMCaesar Propaganda War
WatchNotebookLMCaesar's Conquest of Gaul
SlidesNotebookLMThe Gallic War: A Chronology, 58–50 BC
InfographicNotebookLMThe Battle of Bibracte, 58 BC
InfographicNotebookLMLeadership from the Front: Caesar at the Sabis, 57 BC
InfographicNotebookLMTactical Deception: Caesar Relieves Quintus Cicero, 54 BC
InfographicNotebookLMThe Siege of Alesia, 52 BC: Caesar's Two Walls- ListenNotebookLMCaesar's Doughnut of Death at Alesia
SlidesNotebookLMThe Siege of Alesia: Operational Analysis
SlidesNotebookLMOrbis Terrarum Caesaris: The World of the Three Dynasts
Book V · Chapter 8: The Civil Wars and the End of the Republic
SlidesNotebookLMCaesar's Wars: The Path to Imperium, 58–45 BC
InfographicNotebookLMCaesar's Masterstroke at Ilerda, 49 BC
InfographicNotebookLMThe Battle of Pharsalus: Tactics against Numbers
SlidesNotebookLMPharsalus: The Extinction of a Luminary
SlidesNotebookLMOperation in the Megacity: Caesar's Alexandrian Campaign, 48–47 BC
InfographicNotebookLMThe Battle of Munda: Caesar's Final Struggle, 45 BC
SlidesNotebookLMStrategic Fracture: The Anatomy of Actium
Book VI · Proem
Book VI · Chapter 1: The Augustan Conquests
Book VI · Chapter 3: Germanicus and the Julio-Claudian North
Book VI · Chapter 4: Britain: Conquest and Revolt
Book VI · Chapter 8: The Flavian Consolidation and the Wars of Domitian
Book VI · Epilogue: The World-State at 96
Book VII · Proem
Book VII · Chapter 1: The Dacian Wars of Trajan
Book VII · Chapter 2: The Eastern Maximum and the Great Recoil
Book VII · Chapter 3: Hadrian: The Wall, the Army in Being, and the Last Jewish War
Book VII · Chapter 4: The Antonine Noon and Its Wars
Book VII · Chapter 5: Marcus Aurelius: The Double Emergency
Book VII · Chapter 7: The Breaking, 235–260
Book VII · Chapter 8: The Recovery, 260–284
Book VII · Epilogue: The World-State at 284
Book VIII · Proem
Book VIII · Chapter 1: The Tetrarchy and the Wars of Constantine
Book VIII · Chapter 2: The House of Constantine at War: Persia, Strasbourg, and the Road to Ctesiphon
SlidesNotebookLMAmmianus Marcellinus Operational Data- The dataNotebookLMMilitary and Geographic Elements of the Late Roman Empire
- The dataNotebookLMHistorical Battles and Military Conflicts in the Roman Empire
SlidesNotebookLMThe Wheel of Adrastea Tyranny and Triumph- The dataNotebookLMHistorical Figures and Locations in Ammianus Marcellinus's Roman History
- Listen · 25:05NotebookLMRome's Roster of Enemies: Ammianus Marcellinus's Catalogue of Barbarians, Druids, and the Fall of Va
InfographicNotebookLMThe Battle of Argentoratum (Strasbourg), 357
Book VIII · Chapter 3: Adrianople and the Gothic Settlement
- The dataNotebookLMLate Roman Political and Ecclesiastical History (323–425 AD)
SlidesNotebookLMTheodosius Crisis Management in Roman Britain
SlidesNotebookLMSolicinium The Iron Pincer- The dataNotebookLMList of Wars and Conflicts Mentioned in Ammianus Marcellinus
- The dataNotebookLMPeople and Groups in the Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus
SlidesNotebookLMGoths Shatter Rome
Watch · 7:51NotebookLMAdrianople 378: The Day Rome Broke- The dataNotebookLMHistorical Events and Geographical Accounts from Antiquity and Late Antiquity
SlidesNotebookLMThe Last Titan Roman Sunset
SlidesNotebookLMTheodosius Last Iron Wall
SlidesNotebookLMJustice Betrayed War Unwon
Book VIII · Chapter 4: Stilicho, the Rhine Crossing, and the Sack of Rome
Watch · 8:01NotebookLMStilicho: Poetry vs Reality
SlidesNotebookLMStilicho Myth and Reality
InfographicNotebookLMStilicho: Last Guardian of Rome- The dataNotebookLMChronology of the Life and Deeds of Stilicho
- Listen · 5:39NotebookLMThe Superhero Myth of General Stilicho
SlidesNotebookLMStilicho Rome's Last Hero- Listen · 14:10NotebookLMStilicho the Atlas of Crumbling Rome
- Listen · 26:13NotebookLMThe Roman Politician Forged in Hell
- Listen · 15:18NotebookLMWeaponizing Mythology to Destroy Rufinus
SlidesNotebookLMRufinus Rise and Ruin
InfographicNotebookLMThe Epic Takedown of Rufinus- Listen · 14:48NotebookLMRome's Last Guardian and the Propaganda Machine
SlidesNotebookLMStilicho The Last Shield of Rome
Watch · 6:17NotebookLMRome's Master of Spin
SlidesNotebookLMThe Last Shield of Rome
InfographicNotebookLMStilicho: The Last Shield of Rome
MapReconstructionFrom Frontier Crossings to Settlement, AD 376–440
Book VIII · Chapter 5: Aetius, Africa, and Attila
Book VIII · Chapter 6: The Dissolution
Book VIII · Epilogue: The Audit of the Eight Hundred Years
SlidesNotebookLMRome A Pagan Tragedy
Watch · 8:43NotebookLMBelisarius' Tactics
SlidesNotebookLMThe Defense of Rome- The dataNotebookLMTimeline of Major Military Engagements and Events (474-538 A.D.)
Watch · 7:21NotebookLMThe Anatomy of Engagement
Watch · 1:06NotebookLMHow Ravenna's Tide Defended Armies- Listen · 37:59NotebookLMBelisarius and the Impossible Defense of Rome
SlidesNotebookLMBelisarius The Defense of Rome
InfographicNotebookLMRome Reconquest: Belisarius' Gothic War- The dataNotebookLMRoman Emperors and Major Political Events (Foundation to 500 AD)
SlidesNotebookLMRome Marble and Shadow
SlidesNotebookLMStrategy Luck and Carthage
SlidesNotebookLMRome Persia War and Ruin
SlidesNotebookLMRome Persia and Procopius
SlidesNotebookLMTheodoric The Gothic Light
SlidesNotebookLMOrosius Mapping The Crisis
WatchNotebookLMWindows on the Roman World
SlidesNotebookLMImperium Ferrum: A Strategic Catalogue of Rome's Wars
InfographicNotebookLMThe Fall of Antioch, AD 540: A Tactical Post-Mortem
SlidesNotebookLMThe Gothic War of Theodoric, I: The Descent of the Amali
SlidesNotebookLMThe Gothic War of Theodoric, II: The Adda, 490–493
SlidesNotebookLMThe Battle of Verona, 489
MapReconstructionRome: Imperial Extent, Cities and Successor Zones
DiagramIndex ArchiveThree Army Systems, Not One Timeless Legion
