Ancient Warfare Podcast

Ancient Warfare Podcast

141 episodes

Discussions from Ancient Warfare Magazine. Why did early civilisations fight? Who were their Generals? What was life like for the earliest soldiers? Ancient Warfare Magazine will try and answer these questions. Warfare minus two thousand years.

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AWA285 - Where are the Light Armed Troops?

Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 11:31 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes

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AWA284 - Comparing the Byzantine conquest of Vandal North Africa with the Punic Wars

Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 27 seconds

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AWA283 - Why did the Macedonian phalanx struggle against the Greek mercenary hoplites at Issus?

Published: Dec. 15, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 32 seconds

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AW282 - Alexander Attacks Persia

Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 31 seconds

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AWA281 - What are you hoping to see when the scrolls from Herculaneum are scanned?

Published: Dec. 1, 2023, 1:35 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 19 seconds

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AWA280 - When guides betray

Published: Nov. 24, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds

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AWA279 - Roman interactions with Dacia

Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds

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AW278 - Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Disaster

Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 48 seconds

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AWA277 - AWA Got a Postcard!

Published: Nov. 3, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 51 seconds

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AWA276 - Should Marcus Aurelius have chosen a different successor?

Published: Oct. 27, 2023, 2:24 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 44 seconds

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AWA275 - Crassus at Carrhae

Published: Oct. 20, 2023, 1:23 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 48 seconds

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AW274 - The Julio-Claudian legion

Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 1:06 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 1 second

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AWA273 - The stagnation of the phalanx

Published: Oct. 6, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 46 seconds

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AWA272 - Targeting battlefield leaders

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 9 seconds

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AWA271 - Soldiers fighting for usurpers

Published: Sept. 22, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 40 seconds

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AWA270 - The battle of the Hydaspes

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 40 seconds

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AW269 - The impact of weather on conflict

Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 1:02 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 1 second

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AWA268 - Why do Probus and Aurelian get no love and Diocletian does?

Published: Sept. 1, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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AWA267 - Alexander Wept

Published: Aug. 25, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds

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AWA266 - Which account of the battle of the Milvian Bridge is the most convincing?

Published: Aug. 18, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 40 seconds

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AW265 - Thutmose III at war

Published: Aug. 11, 2023, 1:52 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 17 seconds

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AWA264 - What do we know about ancient fire signalling?

Published: Aug. 4, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 17 seconds

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AWA263 - How did Murray become such a generalist?

Published: July 28, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 17 seconds

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AWA262 - How did the ancients hire mercenaries?

Published: July 21, 2023, 1:16 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 56 seconds

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AW261 - An Audience with Murray Dahm

Published: July 14, 2023, 12:49 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 33 seconds

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AWA260 - Did the ancients use volley fire?

Published: July 7, 2023, 1:14 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 36 seconds

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AWA259 - Ancient Assassins

Published: June 30, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 42 seconds

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AWA258 - Did Alexander introduce Pankration to India?

Published: June 23, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 19 seconds

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AW257 - What should the magazine explore?

Published: June 16, 2023, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 28 seconds

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AWA256 - Did any armies use field artillery against the Macedonian phalanx?

Published: June 9, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds

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AWA255 - Did the Ancients use verbal insults on weapons?

Published: June 2, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 2 seconds

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AWA254 - How did Rome's Italian allies fight?

Published: May 26, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 45 seconds

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AW253 - The Late Roman East

Published: May 19, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 5 seconds

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AWA252 - Why Javelins?

Published: May 12, 2023, 1:12 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 27 seconds

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AWA251 - Large-Scale Experimental Archaeology

Published: May 5, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 55 seconds

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AWA250 - The Last Documented Roman Legion

Published: April 28, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 43 seconds

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AW249 - The 19th-century foundations of Classical Greek warfare, with Roel Konijnendijk

Published: April 21, 2023, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds

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AWA248 - What if Alexander had turned west?

Published: April 14, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 51 seconds

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AWA247 - What do we know about the Skiritai?

Published: April 7, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds

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AWA246 - Can AI help translate ancient manuscripts?

Published: March 31, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

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AWA245 - Why did the sarissa fall out of use until the late medieval period?

Published: March 24, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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AWA244 - Did the quality of Hellenistic cavalry decline?

Published: March 17, 2023, 1 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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AW243 - The Coming of the Hoplite

Published: March 10, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 16 seconds

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AWA242 - How were enemy casualty figures calculated?

Published: March 3, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 34 seconds

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AWA241 - Why did the sarissa fall out of use until the late medieval period?

Published: Feb. 24, 2023, 1:21 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 24 seconds

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AWA240 - Why did the Successor kingdom companion cavalry fair so poorly against the Romans?

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 1:19 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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AW239 - Imperium Romanum

Published: Feb. 10, 2023, 1:25 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 58 seconds

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AWA238 - What if the Roman Empire had not fallen?

Published: Feb. 3, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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AWA237 - Why was the Macedonian casualty rate so low?

Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 11:57 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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AWA236 - Medieval pike vs ancient sariassa

Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 31 seconds

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AW235 - Piracy and Raids

Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 34 seconds

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AWA234 - Envelopment of the Legion

Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds

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AWA233 - Military Admin

Published: Jan. 6, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds

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AWA286 - Low Casualty figures

Published: Jan. 5, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 15 seconds

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AWA232 - The Language of the Roman Army

Published: Dec. 31, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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AWA230 - How did ancient siege mines work?

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 6 seconds

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AWA231 - Did physical impairment disbar you from service?

Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 4:27 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 41 seconds

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AW229 - Ancient Warfare Consumes Media

Published: Dec. 9, 2022, 1:42 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 47 seconds

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AWA228 - Bridging Rivers

Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 50 seconds

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AWA227 - How long was the Macedonian Sarissa?

Published: Nov. 25, 2022, 1:09 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 44 seconds

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AWA226 - What was the standard depth of a hoplite line?

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, midnight
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds

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AW225 - Invicta

Published: Nov. 11, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 8 seconds

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AWA224 - Battlefield Trophies

Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 2:39 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds

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AWA223 - What was salvaged from a battlefield?

Published: Oct. 28, 2022, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 40 seconds

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AW222 - The volatile life of King Phillip II

Published: Oct. 21, 2022, 2:26 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 26 seconds

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AWA221 - How did armies get potable water on campaign?

Published: Oct. 14, 2022, 1:35 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 36 seconds

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AWA220 - What is a useful analogy for talking about ancient warfare?

Published: Oct. 7, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 32 seconds

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AWA219 - Respect for the enemy

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds

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AWA218 - What do the columns tell us about the wars depicted?

Published: Sept. 23, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 22 seconds

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AWA217 - Why did generals write back to the senate about what they had done?

Published: Sept. 16, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 55 seconds

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AW216 - Who is your favourite military author/ancient source?

Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 25 seconds

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AWA215 - During the imperial period, did consuls lead armies in war as they had in the Republic?

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 2 seconds

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AWA214 - What can you tell us about the Battle of Crimisus in 340BC?

Published: Aug. 26, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds

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AW212 - The Saxon Shore

Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 54 seconds

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AWA211 - Who is your favourite ancient military author?

Published: Aug. 5, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 11 seconds

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AWA210 - The Roman version of Marathon

Published: July 29, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 38 seconds

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AWA209 - What do we know of the armies at the end of Roman Britain?

Published: July 22, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 10 seconds

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AWA208 - How can we imagine ancient cavalry charges?

Published: July 15, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds

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AW207 - Hadrian's Wall

Published: July 8, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds

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AWA206 - What do we know of Philippian/Alexandrian weapons production?

Published: July 1, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 43 seconds

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AWA205 - How would a Roman campaign against king Maroboduus of the Marcomanni have gone?

Published: June 24, 2022, midnight
Duration: 10 minutes 47 seconds

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AWA204 - National Weapons - were nations named after weapons or vice versa?

Published: June 17, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 17 seconds

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AW203 - Wargaming Ancient Battles

Published: June 10, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 11 seconds

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AWA202 - Oliganthropia - the decline in Spartan Manpower

Published: June 3, 2022, midnight
Duration: 10 minutes 30 seconds

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AWA201 - How widespread was the use of Hamippoi in 5th BC Greece?

Published: May 27, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 42 seconds

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AWA200 - Do the sources tell us anything about the Spartan warrior Arimnestus?

Published: May 20, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 3 seconds

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AW199 - The Rise of the Legion (part II)

Published: May 13, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 53 seconds

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AWA198 - Why was the Greek phalanx so ineffective against the Romans?

Published: May 6, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 10 seconds

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AWA197 - How did ancient commanders secure their logistics?

Published: April 29, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 6 seconds

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AWA196 - Can we trust Homer?

Published: April 22, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds

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AWA195 - What did Epaminondas look like?

Published: April 15, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 2 seconds

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AW194 - Fighting Generals

Published: April 8, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 40 seconds

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AWA193 - How did Generals plan campaigns?

Published: April 1, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 9 seconds

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AWA192 - What Mattered Most in Ancient Warfare Murrays Take

Published: March 25, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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AWA191 - When do ancient sources agree but you call foul?

Published: March 18, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 5 seconds

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AW190 - What do you think was the most important factor in ancient warfare?

Published: March 5, 2022, 10:48 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 36 seconds

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AWA189 - How did ancient armies inspire loyalty among their troops?

Published: March 4, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 17 seconds

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AWA188 - How did the Romans and others counter the firepower and mobility of horse archer armies?

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 39 seconds

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AWA187 - How much military intelligence did the ancients use?

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 44 seconds

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AW186 - The Biggest Recent Developments in Ancient Warfare

Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds

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AWA185 - What made slings so suited to Ancient Warfare?

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 9:31 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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AWA184 - Was the Grass Crown really that rare?

Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds

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AWA183 - Did the Silver Shields lose effectiveness as they grew old?

Published: Jan. 21, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds

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AW182 - Warfare in the Age of Homer

Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 52 seconds

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How did Hannibal supply his troops in the Alps and Italy?

Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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AW180 - Bar Kokhba

Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds

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AWA179 - What were the different types of ships used by the Romans navy?

Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 8 seconds

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AWA178 - Were there units recruited from a specific area in the Hellenistic period?

Published: Nov. 26, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes

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AW177 - The Batavian Revolt

Published: Nov. 19, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 25 seconds

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AWA176 - How were Roman marines equipped, how did they fight?

Published: Nov. 13, 2021, 1:22 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 43 seconds

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AWA175 - Could Alexander have convinced his men to head further into India?

Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 1 second

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AWA174 - Did Ancient Armies wargame in any fashion we would recognize?

Published: Oct. 29, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds

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AWA173 - What is one battle where sources agree but you don't?

Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 2 seconds

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AWA172 - Why didn't the Persians react faster to the invasion of 336 BC?

Published: Oct. 15, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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AW171 - The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 52 seconds

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AWA170 - Who were the Thureophoroi and how did they fight?

Published: Oct. 1, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 52 seconds

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AWA169 - How did Hannibal feed his elephants in the Alps?

Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 52 seconds

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AWA168 - How did the Romans turn angry defeated warriors into compliant slaves?

Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 20 seconds

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AW167 - Special Operations in antiquity

Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds

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AWA166 - How effective was psychological warfare in the ancient world?

Published: Sept. 3, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 40 seconds

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AWA165 - Which was the fastest army in the ancient world traveling over land?

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds

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AW164 - Ancient Warfare Fiction

Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 41 seconds

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AWA163 - Why did so many figures intertwine a heroic lineage into their ancestry?

Published: Aug. 13, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 56 seconds

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AWA162 - Could Hannibal have won the second punic war?

Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 47 seconds

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AWA161 - How important was luck?

Published: July 30, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds

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AWA160 - What sorts of saddles were used in the ancient world?

Published: July 23, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

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AWA159 - What was the difference between Auxilia & Foederati?

Published: July 16, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds

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158 - The Neo-Assyrian Empire at war

Published: July 9, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 8 seconds

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AWA157 - Are there any other examples of gaining entry to a city using something like a Trojan horse?

Published: July 2, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds

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AWA156 - How "useful" are the accounts of warfare as described in the Old Testament?

Published: June 25, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds

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AWA155 - What effect did Christianity have on Roman military practices and those of their opponents?

Published: June 18, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 57 seconds

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AW154 - The Sacred Band with James Romm

Published: June 11, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

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AWA153 - How long did it take armies to prepare?

Published: June 4, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 32 seconds

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AWA152 - Were Philip and Alexander invincible?

Published: May 27, 2021, 6:57 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 17 seconds

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AWA151 - How did ancient leaders address their troops?

Published: May 21, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds

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AW150 - Introducing mail armour in the Roman Army

Published: May 14, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 48 seconds

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AWA149 - What do we know about the formations and tactics of the late bronze age?

Published: May 7, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 5 seconds

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AWA148 - What was the daily life of the legion like?

Published: April 30, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 18 seconds

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AWA147 - Were Holy Wars monotheistic?

Published: April 23, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 54 seconds

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AW146 - Breakaway empires of the third century AD

Published: April 16, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 53 seconds

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AWA145 - Were Philip and Alexander uniquely competent?

Published: April 9, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 25 seconds

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AWA144 - Caesar - ruthless butcher or Republican saviour?

Published: April 2, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 48 seconds

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AWA143 - How did the phalanx come about?

Published: March 26, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 11 seconds

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AWA142 - Where did the legionaries at Cannae come from?

Published: March 19, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 24 seconds

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AW141 - Visualising War

Published: March 12, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 1 second

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AWA140 - How did the Macedonian Phalanx deal with cavalry armies?

Published: March 5, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds

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AWA139 - How fast could a legionary camp react to an attack?

Published: Feb. 26, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 56 seconds

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AWA138 - How did the Macedonian phalanx come about?

Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds

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AW137 - The Greco-Persian Wars

Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 seconds

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AWA136 - How did battles start?

Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 54 seconds

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AWA135 - Were there hard borders which stopped imperial expansion?

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, midnight
Duration: 12 minutes 55 seconds

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AWA134 - Were the Theban Sacred Band trained to target officers?

Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds

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AW133 - Coups, successes and failures

Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 23 seconds

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AWA132 - How did the Praetorian Guard become so powerful?

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds

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AWA: Did Hannibal strip the dead?

Published: Jan. 1, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 3 seconds

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AWA: Roman Wedges

Published: Dec. 25, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds

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AWA: How did armies store their money?

Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 50 seconds

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AW128 - Fortifications and Siege Warfare

Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 54 seconds

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AWA: Last Stands

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 57 seconds

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AWA: What was the aftermath of battle like?

Published: Nov. 27, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 28 seconds

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AWA: How did the Celts fight the Greek Phalanx?

Published: Nov. 20, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds

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AW124 - Barbarians

Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 31 seconds

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AWA: Cavalry shock tactics without stirrups?

Published: Nov. 6, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds

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AWA: What do we know about the Persian Immortals?

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 46 seconds

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AWA: Were late Roman armies as bad as they say?

Published: Oct. 23, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds

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AWA: Did the Romans uses phalanx tactics?

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds

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AW119 - Rise of the Legion

Published: Oct. 9, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 26 seconds

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AWA: How did the Romans adapt to cavalry enemies?

Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 9:17 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds

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AWA: How were mercenaries recruited?

Published: Sept. 25, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 36 seconds

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AWA: Were Pila designed to bend?

Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds

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AW115 - Rams and Ramming

Published: Sept. 11, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 16 seconds

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ANA: How did Ancient Greek cavalry operate without the stirrup?

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds

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AWA: Why did Sparta adopt the Macedonian Phalanx?

Published: Aug. 28, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 15 seconds

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AWA: Could Boudicca have won?

Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds

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Warfare in Hellenistic Asia Minor

Published: Aug. 14, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds

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AWA: Did the Romans downplay their navy before the first Punic war?

Published: July 31, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 57 seconds

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AWA: Female Warriors seem to have come from steppe nomad cultures. Were there any others?

Published: July 24, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds

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109 - Traitors, discipline and punishment

Published: July 17, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 3 seconds

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AWA: Why was Roman republican cavalry so poor?

Published: July 9, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 16 seconds

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AWA - Why did the Roman army draw lots in AD69?

Published: July 3, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds

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AWA - How was the ancient Athenian army organised?

Published: June 26, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 9 seconds

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AWA - Did ancient navies use slave rowers?

Published: June 19, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds

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The emperor Claudius at war

Published: June 12, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 4 seconds

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AWA - How did Generals learn their craft?

Published: June 5, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 100 - Any questions answered

Published: May 4, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 30 seconds

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Watch, read, listen... Ancient Warfare in 'Lockdown'

Published: April 7, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 seconds

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Soldiers of Fortune

Published: March 19, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 2 seconds

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Alexander in Afghanistan

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 24 seconds

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Warriors on Wheels: Chariot Warfare in Antiquity

Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 25 seconds

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The role of contests and rituals in ancient battle

Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 14 seconds

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The Rise of Septimius Severus

Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 1 second

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Experimental archeology and Re-enactment

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 7 seconds

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The role of geography in ancient warfare

Published: Sept. 19, 2019, 11:20 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 34 seconds

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Ancient Warfare tropes

Published: Sept. 11, 2019, 2:08 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 47 seconds

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Hired Help From Overseas

Published: July 22, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 44 seconds

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Military Celebrity in the Ancient World

Published: May 31, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 15 seconds

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An Empire Under Pressure

Published: April 19, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 40 seconds

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Oliver Stone's Alexander

Published: March 14, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 5 seconds

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Romes Indispensable Auxiliaries

Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 56 seconds

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Spartan Invincibility

Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds

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The power of Poseidon

Published: Dec. 18, 2018, 1 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds

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Unconventional Tactics

Published: Nov. 19, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 12 seconds

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Armour in the Ancient World

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 20 seconds

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Death, Dying and Killing in the Ancient World

Published: Sept. 21, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 51 seconds

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Thracians in the Fourth Century

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 48 seconds

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Uniform

Published: July 9, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 11 seconds

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Ancient Military Manuals

Published: June 11, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 46 seconds

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Army for an Empire: Augustus' new Roman army

Published: May 10, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 18 seconds

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Why we love Ancient Warfare

Published: April 9, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds

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Victory for Sparta

Published: March 12, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds

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Simulating Ancient Warfare

Published: Feb. 8, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 40 seconds

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Riding into Battle

Published: Jan. 18, 2018, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 43 seconds

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300 vs the real Hoplite

Published: Dec. 18, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 49 seconds

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Conflict In The Old Testament

Published: Nov. 23, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 52 seconds

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Faces of Battle

Published: Oct. 23, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 52 seconds

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Caesar and Pompey in the Balkans

Published: Sept. 25, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 40 seconds

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Defeat Into Victory

Published: Aug. 14, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 56 seconds

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The Romans Unify Italy

Published: July 17, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 53 seconds

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What Ancient Battle Would You Like To Witness?

Published: June 12, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 18 seconds

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Archers In The Ancient World

Published: May 15, 2017, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 59 seconds

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Barbarians Rising and the difficulties of documentaries

Published: April 9, 2017, 8:03 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 22 seconds

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The Year of the Four Emperors

Published: March 20, 2017, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 8 seconds

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Gladiator

Published: Feb. 14, 2017, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 27 seconds

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The Empires of Persia at War

Published: Jan. 16, 2017, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 31 seconds

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Ben-Hur

Published: Dec. 11, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 48 seconds

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Wars at the edge of empires

Published: Nov. 7, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 6 seconds

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Rome vs Poisonous Pontus

Published: Sept. 5, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes

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Wars in Hellenistic Egypt

Published: July 17, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 45 seconds

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The Archidamian War

Published: June 17, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 48 seconds

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The Aftermath of Battle

Published: May 13, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 37 seconds

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Warriors of the Hellenistic Age

Published: March 29, 2016, 8:06 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 10 seconds

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The First Punic War

Published: Feb. 12, 2016, 1 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 21 seconds

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The Hittites and their Successors

Published: Dec. 20, 2015, 1 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 28 seconds

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The ascendancy of Thebes

Published: Nov. 13, 2015, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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The end of empire: the fall of Rome

Published: Oct. 2, 2015, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 56 seconds

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The Roman Conquest of Greece

Published: July 31, 2015, 1 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes

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The Jewish-Roman wars

Published: June 12, 2015, 7 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 2 seconds

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The Seleucid Empire at War

Published: May 8, 2015, 1 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 43 seconds

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Swift as the wind across the plains: Horsemen of the Steppes

Published: March 20, 2015, 7 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 25 seconds

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War, trade and adventure: struggles of the Ionian Greeks

Published: Feb. 13, 2015, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 55 seconds

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Deserters, defectors, traitors

Published: Jan. 23, 2015, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 47 seconds

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The Reluctant Warlord; The wars of Marcus Aurelius

Published: Oct. 31, 2014, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 2 seconds

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March of the Ten Thousand

Published: July 25, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 58 seconds

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Logistics And The Army Train

Published: June 13, 2014, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 55 seconds

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Conquerors of Italy - the Early roman republic

Published: May 16, 2014, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 12 seconds

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Struggle for Control: Wars In Ancient Sicily

Published: Jan. 31, 2014, 2 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 41 seconds

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Warriors of the Nile: Conflict in ancient Egypt

Published: Dec. 13, 2013, 7 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 31 seconds

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Attack of the Celts: Confronting the Classical World

Published: Nov. 8, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 29 seconds

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Bringing Order to Chaos: The Armies of Diocletian

Published: Aug. 2, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 50 seconds

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The Campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epirus

Published: May 24, 2013, 8 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds

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Cavalry in the Ancient World

Published: Feb. 8, 2013, 9 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 39 seconds

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The Dacian Wars of Domitian and Trajan

Published: Jan. 18, 2013, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 50 seconds

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Greek warfare in the Archaic age

Published: Oct. 19, 2012, 9 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 38 seconds

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The Roman Conquest of Spain

Published: July 13, 2012, 8 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 26 seconds

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Elite Units of the Hellenistic Era

Published: April 27, 2012, 8:36 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 45 seconds

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Securing Seas and Shores: Fleets of the Roman empire

Published: April 13, 2012, 9 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 30 seconds

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The Assyrian Army At War

Published: March 9, 2012, 9 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 3 seconds

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Rome's wars with the Sassanids

Published: Feb. 10, 2012, 10:19 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 9 seconds

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Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor.

Published: Nov. 4, 2011, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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Swords around the throne: bodyguards of kings and emperors

Published: Sept. 30, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 21 seconds

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Daily Life In The Camp And On Campaign

Published: July 22, 2011, 8:47 a.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 47 seconds

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Gaius Marius at War

Published: May 13, 2011, 3 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 31 seconds

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The Campaigns of Gnaeus Julius Agricola

Published: March 14, 2011, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 43 seconds

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Royal stalemate - Hellenistic kingdoms at war

Published: Feb. 27, 2011, 9:11 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Warfare and Religion

Published: Dec. 24, 2010, 9:29 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 14 seconds

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Darkness descends - The end of the Bronze Age empires

Published: Dec. 9, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 6 seconds

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Belisarius & The Byzantine Empires

Published: Nov. 16, 2010, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds

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Core of the Legions: The Roman Imperial Centuria

Published: Oct. 15, 2010, 12:16 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds

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Siege Warfare

Published: Sept. 16, 2010, 9:57 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 24 seconds

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Before Rome Ruled Italy

Published: April 13, 2010, 12:21 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 45 seconds

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Battlefield Communications

Published: March 2, 2010, 9 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 29 seconds

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Imperial Nemesis: Rome vs. Parthia

Published: Dec. 23, 2009, 5 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 18 seconds

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The Barcids At War

Published: Nov. 13, 2009, 10:42 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 17 seconds

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Classical heroes: The warrior in history and legend

Published: Oct. 14, 2009, 9:40 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 5 seconds

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Varus & The Teutoburg Forest

Published: Aug. 11, 2009, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds

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Alexander & The Wars of the Successors

Published: July 26, 2009, 8:39 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds

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War as a livelihood - Mercenaries in the Ancient world

Published: March 4, 2009, 9:06 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 7 seconds

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Rome In Crisis

Published: Jan. 22, 2009, 9:15 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds

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Warfare In The Ancient Near East

Published: Dec. 25, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 50 seconds

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The Campaigns of Caesar

Published: Sept. 23, 2008, 9:29 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 59 seconds

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The Age of the Trireme

Published: June 25, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 57 seconds

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Victory and Defeat

Published: April 19, 2008, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 20 seconds

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Pilot - Light Infantry and Auxiliaries

Published: Feb. 19, 2008, 10:46 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 5 seconds

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