# The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan

8 Hacker News commenters recommended The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Mike Duncan's podcast covers the whole of Roman history, and listeners rate it highly, some above his earlier Rome series. One critic notes Livy's vague grasp of early Rome.

## Why people recommend it

- Listened to repeatedly, deep affection (2 comments): "I love this podcast, I've listened to it all the way through probably ten times." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108552)) "the history of rome podcast by Mike Duncan holds a similar place in my heart" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108204))
- Liked across Mike Duncan's history podcasts (2 comments): "the history of rome podcast by Mike Duncan holds a similar place in my heart" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47108204)) "I like history podcasts, especially anything by Mike Duncan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959304))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Fall of Civilizations podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fall-of-civilizations-podcast.md): 20 recommend
- [The Rest Is History podcast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rest-is-history-podcast.md): 14 recommend
- [Hardcore History by Dan Carlin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hardcore-history.md): 13 recommend
- [Revolutions Podcast by Mike Duncan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/revolutions-podcast.md): 12 recommend
- [The History of English Podcast by John McWhorter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/history-of-english-podcast.md): 12 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan", https://hackerapproved.com/p/history-of-rome-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).