Ancient Warfare Podcast

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Chris
 Oct 18, 2020
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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.

Episode Date
AWA297 - Was Mons Graupius a great victory?
Mar 22, 2024
AWA296 - The Praetorian Guard
Mar 15, 2024
AW295 - The Challenges of Campaigning
Mar 08, 2024
AWA294 - What really happened at the battle of Pydna?
Mar 01, 2024
AWA293 - Who were Rome's most remembered enemies?
Feb 23, 2024
AWA292 - Who were the Hypaspists?
Feb 16, 2024
AWA291 - Who is Muray’s favourite general?
Feb 09, 2024
AW290 - A Biography of Thermopylae
Feb 02, 2024
AWA289 - Losing well
Jan 26, 2024
AWA288 - Taking Position on the Right
Jan 19, 2024
AW287 - The Marcomannic Wars
Jan 12, 2024
AWA286 - Low Casualty figures
Jan 05, 2024
AWA285 - Where are the Light Armed Troops?
Dec 29, 2023
AWA284 - Comparing the Byzantine conquest of Vandal North Africa with the Punic Wars
Dec 22, 2023
AWA283 - Why did the Macedonian phalanx struggle against the Greek mercenary hoplites at Issus?
Dec 15, 2023
AW282 - Alexander Attacks Persia
Dec 08, 2023
AWA281 - What are you hoping to see when the scrolls from Herculaneum are scanned?
Dec 01, 2023
AWA280 - When guides betray
Nov 24, 2023
AWA279 - Roman interactions with Dacia
Nov 17, 2023
AW278 - Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Disaster
Nov 10, 2023
AWA277 - AWA Got a Postcard!
Nov 03, 2023
AWA276 - Should Marcus Aurelius have chosen a different successor?
Oct 27, 2023
AWA275 - Crassus at Carrhae
Oct 20, 2023
AW274 - The Julio-Claudian legion
Oct 13, 2023
AWA273 - The stagnation of the phalanx
Oct 06, 2023
AWA272 - Targeting battlefield leaders
Sep 29, 2023
AWA271 - Soldiers fighting for usurpers
Sep 22, 2023
AWA270 - The battle of the Hydaspes
Sep 15, 2023
AW269 - The impact of weather on conflict
Sep 01, 2023
AWA268 - Why do Probus and Aurelian get no love and Diocletian does?
Sep 01, 2023
AWA267 - Alexander Wept
Aug 25, 2023
AWA266 - Which account of the battle of the Milvian Bridge is the most convincing?
Aug 18, 2023
AW265 - Thutmose III at war
Aug 11, 2023
AWA264 - What do we know about ancient fire signalling?
Aug 04, 2023
AWA263 - How did Murray become such a generalist?
Jul 28, 2023
AWA262 - How did the ancients hire mercenaries?
Jul 21, 2023
AW261 - An Audience with Murray Dahm
Jul 14, 2023
AWA260 - Did the ancients use volley fire?
Jul 07, 2023
AWA259 - Ancient Assassins
Jun 30, 2023
AWA258 - Did Alexander introduce Pankration to India?
Jun 23, 2023
AW257 - What should the magazine explore?
Jun 16, 2023
AWA256 - Did any armies use field artillery against the Macedonian phalanx?
Jun 09, 2023
AWA255 - Did the Ancients use verbal insults on weapons?
Jun 02, 2023
AWA254 - How did Rome's Italian allies fight?
May 26, 2023
AW253 - The Late Roman East
May 19, 2023
AWA252 - Why Javelins?
May 12, 2023
AWA251 - Large-Scale Experimental Archaeology
May 05, 2023
AWA250 - The Last Documented Roman Legion
Apr 28, 2023
AW249 - The 19th-century foundations of Classical Greek warfare, with Roel Konijnendijk
Apr 21, 2023
AWA248 - What if Alexander had turned west?
Apr 14, 2023
AWA247 - What do we know about the Skiritai?
Apr 07, 2023
AWA246 - Can AI help translate ancient manuscripts?
Mar 31, 2023
AWA245 - Why did the sarissa fall out of use until the late medieval period?
Mar 24, 2023
AWA244 - Did the quality of Hellenistic cavalry decline?
Mar 17, 2023
AW243 - The Coming of the Hoplite
Mar 10, 2023
AWA242 - How were enemy casualty figures calculated?
Mar 03, 2023
AWA241 - Why did the sarissa fall out of use until the late medieval period?
Feb 24, 2023
AWA240 - Why did the Successor kingdom companion cavalry fair so poorly against the Romans?
Feb 17, 2023
AW239 - Imperium Romanum
Feb 10, 2023
AWA238 - What if the Roman Empire had not fallen?
Feb 03, 2023
AWA237 - Why was the Macedonian casualty rate so low?
Jan 27, 2023
AWA236 - Medieval pike vs ancient sariassa
Jan 27, 2023
AW235 - Piracy and Raids
Jan 20, 2023
AWA234 - Envelopment of the Legion
Jan 13, 2023
AWA233 - Military Admin
Jan 06, 2023
AWA286 - Low Casualty figures
Jan 05, 2023
AWA232 - The Language of the Roman Army
Dec 31, 2022
AWA230 - How did ancient siege mines work?
Dec 16, 2022
AWA231 - Did physical impairment disbar you from service?
Dec 13, 2022
AW229 - Ancient Warfare Consumes Media
Dec 09, 2022
AWA228 - Bridging Rivers
Dec 02, 2022
AWA227 - How long was the Macedonian Sarissa?
Nov 25, 2022
AWA226 - What was the standard depth of a hoplite line?
Nov 18, 2022
AW225 - Invicta
Nov 11, 2022
AWA224 - Battlefield Trophies
Nov 04, 2022
AWA223 - What was salvaged from a battlefield?
Oct 28, 2022
AW222 - The volatile life of King Phillip II
Oct 21, 2022
AWA221 - How did armies get potable water on campaign?
Oct 14, 2022
AWA220 - What is a useful analogy for talking about ancient warfare?
Oct 07, 2022
AWA219 - Respect for the enemy
Sep 30, 2022
AWA218 - What do the columns tell us about the wars depicted?
Sep 23, 2022
AWA217 - Why did generals write back to the senate about what they had done?
Sep 16, 2022
AW216 - Who is your favourite military author/ancient source?
Sep 09, 2022
AWA215 - During the imperial period, did consuls lead armies in war as they had in the Republic?
Sep 02, 2022
AWA214 - What can you tell us about the Battle of Crimisus in 340BC?
Aug 26, 2022
AWA213 - What kind of armies, weapons, and tactics were used by Carthage and Syracuse in the fifth and fourth centuries BC?
Aug 19, 2022
AW212 - The Saxon Shore
Aug 12, 2022
AWA211 - Who is your favourite ancient military author?
Aug 05, 2022
AWA210 - The Roman version of Marathon
Jul 29, 2022
AWA209 - What do we know of the armies at the end of Roman Britain?
Jul 22, 2022
AWA208 - How can we imagine ancient cavalry charges?
Jul 15, 2022
AW207 - Hadrian's Wall
Jul 08, 2022
AWA206 - What do we know of Philippian/Alexandrian weapons production?
Jul 01, 2022
AWA205 - How would a Roman campaign against king Maroboduus of the Marcomanni have gone?
Jun 24, 2022
AWA204 - National Weapons - were nations named after weapons or vice versa?
Jun 17, 2022
AW203 - Wargaming Ancient Battles
Jun 10, 2022
AWA202 - Oliganthropia - the decline in Spartan Manpower
Jun 03, 2022
AWA201 - How widespread was the use of Hamippoi in 5th BC Greece?
May 27, 2022
AWA200 - Do the sources tell us anything about the Spartan warrior Arimnestus?
May 20, 2022
AW199 - The Rise of the Legion (part II)
May 13, 2022
AWA198 - Why was the Greek phalanx so ineffective against the Romans?
May 06, 2022
AWA197 - How did ancient commanders secure their logistics?
Apr 29, 2022
AWA196 - Can we trust Homer?
Apr 22, 2022
AWA195 - What did Epaminondas look like?
Apr 15, 2022
AW194 - Fighting Generals
Apr 08, 2022
AWA193 - How did Generals plan campaigns?
Apr 01, 2022
AWA192 - What Mattered Most in Ancient Warfare – Murray’s Take
Mar 25, 2022
AWA191 - When do ancient sources agree but you call foul?
Mar 18, 2022
AW190 - What do you think was the most important factor in ancient warfare?
Mar 05, 2022
AWA189 - How did ancient armies inspire loyalty among their troops?
Mar 04, 2022
AWA188 - How did the Romans and others counter the firepower and mobility of horse archer armies?
Feb 25, 2022
AWA187 - How much military intelligence did the ancients use?
Feb 18, 2022
AW186 - The Biggest Recent Developments in Ancient Warfare
Feb 11, 2022
AWA185 - What made slings so suited to Ancient Warfare?
Feb 03, 2022
AWA184 - Was the Grass Crown really that rare?
Jan 28, 2022
AWA183 - Did the Silver Shields lose effectiveness as they grew old?
Jan 21, 2022
AW182 - Warfare in the Age of Homer
Jan 14, 2022
How did Hannibal supply his troops in the Alps and Italy?
Dec 17, 2021
AW180 - Bar Kokhba
Dec 10, 2021
AWA179 - What were the different types of ships used by the Romans navy?
Dec 03, 2021
AWA178 - Were there units recruited from a specific area in the Hellenistic period?
Nov 26, 2021
AW177 - The Batavian Revolt
Nov 19, 2021
AWA176 - How were Roman marines equipped, how did they fight?
Nov 13, 2021
AWA175 - Could Alexander have convinced his men to head further into India?
Nov 05, 2021
AWA174 - Did Ancient Armies wargame in any fashion we would recognize?
Oct 29, 2021
AWA173 - What is one battle where sources agree but you don't?
Oct 22, 2021
AWA172 - Why didn't the Persians react faster to the invasion of 336 BC?
Oct 15, 2021
AW171 - The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy
Oct 08, 2021
AWA170 - Who were the Thureophoroi and how did they fight?
Oct 01, 2021
AWA169 - How did Hannibal feed his elephants in the Alps?
Sep 24, 2021
AWA168 - How did the Romans turn angry defeated warriors into compliant slaves?
Sep 17, 2021
AW167 - Special Operations in antiquity
Sep 10, 2021
AWA166 - How effective was psychological warfare in the ancient world?
Sep 03, 2021
AWA165 - Which was the fastest army in the ancient world traveling over land?
Aug 27, 2021
AW164 - Ancient Warfare Fiction
Aug 20, 2021
AWA163 - Why did so many figures intertwine a heroic lineage into their ancestry?
Aug 13, 2021
AWA162 - Could Hannibal have won the second punic war?
Aug 06, 2021
AWA161 - How important was luck?
Jul 30, 2021
AWA160 - What sorts of saddles were used in the ancient world?
Jul 23, 2021
AWA159 - What was the difference between Auxilia & Foederati?
Jul 16, 2021
158 - The Neo-Assyrian Empire at war
Jul 09, 2021
AWA157 - Are there any other examples of gaining entry to a city using something like a Trojan horse?
Jul 02, 2021
AWA156 - How "useful" are the accounts of warfare as described in the Old Testament?
Jun 25, 2021
AWA155 - What effect did Christianity have on Roman military practices and those of their opponents?
Jun 18, 2021
AW154 - The Sacred Band with James Romm
Jun 11, 2021
AWA153 - How long did it take armies to prepare?
Jun 04, 2021
AWA152 - Were Philip and Alexander invincible?
May 27, 2021
AWA151 - How did ancient leaders address their troops?
May 21, 2021
AW150 - Introducing mail armour in the Roman Army
May 14, 2021
AWA149 - What do we know about the formations and tactics of the late bronze age?
May 07, 2021
AWA148 - What was the daily life of the legion like?
Apr 30, 2021
AWA147 - Were Holy Wars monotheistic?
Apr 23, 2021
AW146 - Breakaway empires of the third century AD
Apr 16, 2021
AWA145 - Were Philip and Alexander uniquely competent?
Apr 09, 2021
AWA144 - Caesar - ruthless butcher or Republican saviour?
Apr 02, 2021
AWA143 - How did the phalanx come about?
Mar 26, 2021
AWA142 - Where did the legionaries at Cannae come from?
Mar 19, 2021
AW141 - Visualising War
Mar 12, 2021
AWA140 - How did the Macedonian Phalanx deal with cavalry armies?
Mar 05, 2021
AWA139 - How fast could a legionary camp react to an attack?
Feb 26, 2021
AWA138 - How did the Macedonian phalanx come about?
Feb 19, 2021
AW137 - The Greco-Persian Wars
Feb 12, 2021
AWA136 - How did battles start?
Feb 05, 2021
AWA135 - Were there hard borders which stopped imperial expansion?
Jan 29, 2021
AWA134 - Were the Theban Sacred Band trained to target officers?
Jan 22, 2021
AW133 - Coups, successes and failures
Jan 15, 2021
AWA132 - How did the Praetorian Guard become so powerful?
Jan 08, 2021
AWA: Did Hannibal strip the dead?
Jan 01, 2021
AWA: Roman Wedges
Dec 25, 2020
AWA: How did armies store their money?
Dec 18, 2020
AW128 - Fortifications and Siege Warfare
Dec 11, 2020
AWA: Last Stands
Dec 04, 2020
AWA: What was the aftermath of battle like?
Nov 27, 2020
AWA: How did the Celts fight the Greek Phalanx?
Nov 20, 2020
AW124 - Barbarians
Nov 13, 2020
AWA: Cavalry shock tactics without stirrups?
Nov 06, 2020
AWA: What do we know about the Persian Immortals?
Oct 30, 2020
AWA: Were late Roman armies as bad as they say?
Oct 23, 2020
AWA: Did the Romans uses phalanx tactics?
Oct 16, 2020
AW119 - Rise of the Legion
Oct 09, 2020
AWA: How did the Romans adapt to cavalry enemies?
Oct 02, 2020
AWA: How were mercenaries recruited?
Sep 25, 2020
AWA: Were Pila designed to bend?
Sep 18, 2020
AW115 - Rams and Ramming
Sep 11, 2020
ANA: How did Ancient Greek cavalry operate without the stirrup?
Sep 04, 2020
AWA: Why did Sparta adopt the Macedonian Phalanx?
Aug 28, 2020
AWA: Could Boudicca have won?
Aug 21, 2020
Warfare in Hellenistic Asia Minor
Aug 14, 2020
AWA: If the Roman Legion was superior to the phalanx how could Hannibal use such inferior methods and defeat the Romans for years?
Aug 07, 2020
AWA: Did the Romans downplay their navy before the first Punic war?
Jul 31, 2020
AWA: Female Warriors seem to have come from steppe nomad cultures. Were there any others?
Jul 24, 2020
109 - Traitors, discipline and punishment
Jul 17, 2020
AWA: Why was Roman republican cavalry so poor?
Jul 09, 2020
AWA - Why did the Roman army draw lots in AD69?
Jul 03, 2020
AWA - How was the ancient Athenian army organised?
Jun 26, 2020
AWA - Did ancient navies use slave rowers?
Jun 19, 2020
The emperor Claudius at war
Jun 12, 2020
AWA - How did Generals learn their craft?
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 100 - Any questions answered
May 04, 2020
Watch, read, listen... Ancient Warfare in 'Lockdown'
Apr 07, 2020
Soldiers of Fortune
Mar 19, 2020
Alexander in Afghanistan
Feb 13, 2020
Warriors on Wheels: Chariot Warfare in Antiquity
Jan 16, 2020
The role of contests and rituals in ancient battle
Dec 19, 2019
The Rise of Septimius Severus
Nov 08, 2019
Experimental archeology and Re-enactment
Oct 10, 2019
The role of geography in ancient warfare
Sep 19, 2019
Ancient Warfare tropes
Sep 11, 2019
Hired Help From Overseas
Jul 22, 2019
The Roman Conquest of Spain
Jun 24, 2019
Military Celebrity in the Ancient World
May 31, 2019
An Empire Under Pressure
Apr 19, 2019
Oliver Stone's Alexander
Mar 14, 2019
Rome’s Indispensable Auxiliaries
Feb 14, 2019
Spartan Invincibility
Jan 17, 2019
The power of Poseidon
Dec 18, 2018
Unconventional Tactics
Nov 19, 2018
Armour in the Ancient World
Oct 11, 2018
Death, Dying and Killing in the Ancient World
Sep 21, 2018
Thracians in the Fourth Century
Aug 09, 2018
Uniform
Jul 09, 2018
Ancient Military Manuals
Jun 11, 2018
Army for an Empire: Augustus' new Roman army
May 10, 2018
Why we love Ancient Warfare
Apr 09, 2018
Victory for Sparta
Mar 12, 2018
Simulating Ancient Warfare
Feb 08, 2018
Riding into Battle
Jan 18, 2018
300 vs the real Hoplite
Dec 18, 2017
Conflict In The Old Testament
Nov 23, 2017
Faces of Battle
Oct 23, 2017
Caesar and Pompey in the Balkans
Sep 25, 2017
Defeat Into Victory
Aug 14, 2017
The Romans Unify Italy
Jul 17, 2017
What Ancient Battle Would You Like To Witness?
Jun 12, 2017
Archers In The Ancient World
May 15, 2017
Barbarians Rising and the difficulties of documentaries
Apr 09, 2017
The Year of the Four Emperors
Mar 20, 2017
Gladiator
Feb 14, 2017
The Empires of Persia at War
Jan 16, 2017
Ben-Hur
Dec 11, 2016
Wars at the edge of empires
Nov 07, 2016
Rome vs Poisonous Pontus
Sep 05, 2016
Wars in Hellenistic Egypt
Jul 17, 2016
The Archidamian War
Jun 17, 2016
The Aftermath of Battle
May 13, 2016
Warriors of the Hellenistic Age
Mar 29, 2016
The First Punic War
Feb 12, 2016
The Hittites and their Successors
Dec 20, 2015
The ascendancy of Thebes
Nov 13, 2015
The end of empire: the fall of Rome
Oct 02, 2015
The Roman Conquest of Greece
Jul 31, 2015
The Jewish-Roman wars
Jun 12, 2015
The Seleucid Empire at War
May 08, 2015
Swift as the wind across the plains: Horsemen of the Steppes
Mar 20, 2015
War, trade and adventure: struggles of the Ionian Greeks
Feb 13, 2015
Deserters, defectors, traitors
Jan 23, 2015
The Reluctant Warlord; The wars of Marcus Aurelius
Oct 31, 2014
March of the Ten Thousand
Jul 25, 2014
Logistics And The Army Train
Jun 13, 2014
Conquerors of Italy - the Early roman republic
May 16, 2014
Struggle for Control: Wars In Ancient Sicily
Jan 31, 2014
Warriors of the Nile: Conflict in ancient Egypt
Dec 13, 2013
Attack of the Celts: Confronting the Classical World
Nov 08, 2013
Bringing Order to Chaos: The Armies of Diocletian
Aug 02, 2013
The Campaigns of Pyrrhus of Epirus
May 24, 2013
Cavalry in the Ancient World
Feb 08, 2013
The Dacian Wars of Domitian and Trajan
Jan 18, 2013
Greek warfare in the Archaic age
Oct 19, 2012
The Roman Conquest of Spain
Jul 13, 2012
Elite Units of the Hellenistic Era
Apr 27, 2012
Securing Seas and Shores: Fleets of the Roman empire
Apr 13, 2012
The Assyrian Army At War
Mar 09, 2012
Rome's wars with the Sassanids
Feb 10, 2012
Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor.
Nov 04, 2011
Swords around the throne: bodyguards of kings and emperors
Sep 30, 2011
Daily Life In The Camp And On Campaign
Jul 22, 2011
Gaius Marius at War
May 13, 2011
The Campaigns of Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Mar 14, 2011
Royal stalemate - Hellenistic kingdoms at war
Feb 27, 2011
Warfare and Religion
Dec 24, 2010
Darkness descends - The end of the Bronze Age empires
Dec 09, 2010
Belisarius & The Byzantine Empires
Nov 16, 2010
Core of the Legions: The Roman Imperial Centuria
Oct 15, 2010
Siege Warfare
Sep 16, 2010
Before Rome Ruled Italy
Apr 13, 2010
Battlefield Communications
Mar 02, 2010
Imperial Nemesis: Rome vs. Parthia
Dec 23, 2009
The Barcids At War
Nov 13, 2009
Classical heroes: The warrior in history and legend
Oct 14, 2009
Varus & The Teutoburg Forest
Aug 11, 2009
Alexander & The Wars of the Successors
Jul 26, 2009
War as a livelihood - Mercenaries in the Ancient world
Mar 04, 2009
Rome In Crisis
Jan 22, 2009
Warfare In The Ancient Near East
Dec 25, 2008
The Campaigns of Caesar
Sep 23, 2008
The Age of the Trireme
Jun 25, 2008
Victory and Defeat
Apr 19, 2008
Pilot - Light Infantry and Auxiliaries
Feb 19, 2008