Chronicles
29 min
The Fall of Rome
A coin hollowed from silver to nothing. The empire followed.
The greatest empire in history didn't fall to barbarian invaders. It hollowed itself out over three centuries through currency debasement, political corruption, climate change, and pandemic disease. By the time a teenage emperor handed over Rome, there was nothing left worth fighting for.
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About Mythio
One story, one sitting.
Mythio is a library of audio documentaries on the ideas, people, and events that shaped the world. Each episode is researched across the best sources, fact-checked, and told in full. Most run twenty to thirty minutes, long enough to go deep, short enough to finish in one sitting.