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January videos

Happy new year! My Patreon videos are going to be a little later this time, probably around the middle of the month. I hope that's okay.

The parallel lives of Ancient Rome and Ancient China

Rome and Han-dynasty China were at their most powerful during the same period, the first two centuries AD/CE. Some historians have drawn parallels between the two empires, noting apparent similarit...

Why did medieval people believe in astrology?

Here's the patron-only video for November. Astrology was used almost universally during the Middle Ages. It was a standard subject taught at universities. Everyone with a university education was e...

Why learn about history?

Here's my first patrons-only video. I talk about my three reasons for thinking that history is worth studying, and also a couple things I don't think history is useful for.

Since at time of p...