Welcome to Sleepytime History™ — true stories from the pages of history for a full night's rest.
Tonight, drift off into the world of Julius Caesar and the conquest of Gaul, a tale of ancient Rome carried far beyond the edge of the mapped world. Bewitched by rumours of untold riches and hounded by debts he could never hope to repay, a headstrong young nobleman set his sights on the vast dark forests of the north, where magic-wielding druids kept the old wisdom and fearless painted warriors feared no death at all. We march with the legions into the endless green and curling fog, past pale-haired fighters with their golden torcs and their bone-chilling war-horns, to the raging currents of the Rhine and out across the cold grey waters toward the half-believed isle of Britannia. Let this quiet journey through Roman history be your sleep aid tonight — a slow, soothing piece of history for sleep, one of our relaxing history stories made as a gentle audiobook for anyone who simply can't sleep. If insomnia has kept you turning over and over, let these calm bedtime stories for adults settle your mind and help you fall asleep, so that whenever you can't sleep, there is always a peaceful tale from long ago waiting to carry you off.
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Chapters:
00:00:00 Julius Caesar: Into the Savage Realm of Druids & Sorcery
00:46:35 The Emperor's Tomb No One Dares Unseal
01:30:17 A Man No Prison Could Hold: Jack Sheppard
02:10:35 How We Accidentally Invented Dogs
02:51:20 The Dramatic Rise & Fall of Babylon
03:37:47 Marco Polo: Great Explorer or Inventive Storyteller?
04:25:21 Stone Age Japan: Why Were They So Advanced?
05:11:48 The Dragon: Just a Myth or Forgotten Ancient Beast?
05:57:19 William Wallace: What Braveheart Left Out
06:40:15 Titanic: Why Did They Ignore the Warnings?
07:22:26 The Real Count of Monte Cristo: Pierre Picaud
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Written and produced by Pamela Erwin
Narration by Oliver Hale
Music by Pia Maya
Visuals by Ben Blight
This podcast contains AI-generated content.
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