The Tale Of Rome
Episode 1 - Once Upon a Time
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:15:38
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Partial TranscriptionHello, this is Abel, speaking from Beijing, China.http://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-001Welcome to the Tale of Rome, Episode 1 — Once Upon a Time.Rome was founded in the year 753 BC, but to start our tale we need to do two things:ONE — I want to tell you a bit about this podcast, as a project, and TWO — we need to travel a little bit back in time. Some 500 years back, to the twelfth century BC.To the Trojan War, to be more exact.Alright, let’s go with ONE, and let me sum up this podcast in exactly three sentences.I was born in what once was called West Germany, and being fond of the history of both China and Rome, I began writing historical fiction novels, one of them being set in Roman Egypt during the latter part of the 2nd century AD.I soon realized I needed more research to write my book, and after going through many other books, documentaries, maps, and podcasts, I decided I had to create my own account of what actually happened before I could continue with my writing.Knowing that pod