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Ancient Warfare Podcast

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 ... Read more

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The First Punic War

The First Punic War

"The First Punic War (264 to 241 BC ) was the longest uninterrupted war in antiquity and the beginning of a series of mi... Read more

12 Feb 2016

51mins

Ranked #2

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Spartan Invincibility

Spartan Invincibility

We are once more between issues of the magazine, so running with a random ancient warfare topic, the one that has been p... Read more

17 Jan 2019

1hr 8mins

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The Rise of Septimius Severus

The Rise of Septimius Severus

The team are back to discuss Ancient Warfare Magazine XIII.3 The Rise of Septimius Severus. 'Septimius Severus, also kno... Read more

8 Nov 2019

55mins

Ranked #4

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The Campaigns of Caesar

The Campaigns of Caesar

Jasper is joined by Vicky Kalambakal and regular Murray Dahm to discuss the Campaigns of Caesar. Dur: 36min File: .mp3

23 Sep 2008

36mins

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The Age of the Trireme

The Age of the Trireme

Jasper is joined by Murray Dahm and Paul McDonnell-Staff to discuss the Age of the Trireme. Dur: 40min File: mp3

25 Jun 2008

44mins

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Army for an Empire: Augustus' new Roman army

Army for an Empire: Augustus' new Roman army

Control and use of the legions played a critical role in Octavian's carefully orchestrated rise to power. Angus, Jasper,... Read more

10 May 2018

1hr 33mins

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Archers In The Ancient World

Archers In The Ancient World

With Jasper back in the editors chair at Ancient Warfare Magazine he joins regulars Marc DeSantis and Mark McCaffery to ... Read more

15 May 2017

1hr 9mins

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The end of empire: the fall of Rome

The end of empire: the fall of Rome

In this episode of the Ancient Warfare Magazine podcast Angus, Josho, Lindsay and Mark discuss volume 9, issue 1 "The en... Read more

2 Oct 2015

1hr 4mins

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The Assyrian Army At War

The Assyrian Army At War

In this episode we look at the Assyrians, 930BC to 630BC, their empire stretched from Egypt to Babylon, it was the first... Read more

9 Mar 2012

41mins

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Caesar and Pompey in the Balkans

Caesar and Pompey in the Balkans

In this episode, we’re looking at volume 11 issue 3 "Rome against Rome: Caesar and Pompey in the Balkans". We’ve got the... Read more

25 Sep 2017

1hr 10mins

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Darkness descends - The end of the Bronze Age empires

Darkness descends - The end of the Bronze Age empires

Jasper and the gang with special guest Mark Schwartz discuss the end of the bronze age and the coming of the Sea people ... Read more

9 Dec 2010

46mins

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Gladiator

Gladiator

In this episode the team investigate Ridley Scott's movie Gladiator.

14 Feb 2017

1hr 29mins

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The Roman Conquest of Spain

The Roman Conquest of Spain

We thought we'd missed discussing a few episodes of the magazine so we decided to look at I.4 the Roman Conquest of Spai... Read more

24 Jun 2019

53mins

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300 vs the real Hoplite

300 vs the real Hoplite

In the final podcast of the year we find ourselves between issues of the magazine so Mark suggested the title ‘300 vs th... Read more

18 Dec 2017

1hr 3mins

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Warfare In The Ancient Near East

Warfare In The Ancient Near East

Jasper is joined by Mark Schwartz and regular Murray Dahm to discuss the Campaigns of Caesar. Dur: 35min File: .mp3

25 Dec 2008

35mins

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Core of the Legions: The Roman Imperial Centuria

Core of the Legions: The Roman Imperial Centuria

Jasper and the team discuss issues brought up in the Ancient Warfare special for 2010, The Core of the Legions: The Rom... Read more

15 Oct 2010

1hr 4mins

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Attack of the Celts: Confronting the Classical World

Attack of the Celts: Confronting the Classical World

Jasper, Josho, Michael and Lindsay discuss the meaty topic of the Celts in the classical world (issue VI 6). "In 106 BC... Read more

8 Nov 2013

55mins

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The Roman Conquest of Spain

The Roman Conquest of Spain

Jasper and the team discuss Ancient Warfare I.4, The Roman Conquest of Spain. It took over 200 years for Rome to pacify ... Read more

13 Jul 2012

41mins

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The role of geography in ancient warfare

The role of geography in ancient warfare

'Natural and man-made geography exerts its influence on warfare, determining the passage of whole armies and fleets, som... Read more

19 Sep 2019

58mins

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Victory for Sparta

Victory for Sparta

The team discuss Ancient Warfare Magazine XI-6. "With financial aid from Persia, Sparta slowly brought Athens down in At... Read more

12 Mar 2018

55mins

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