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AWA280 - When guides betray
Episode 280
Murray is asked, 'I am reading about Spanish Conquistadors. Since they were unfamiliar with the land, they would capture local tribe members and forc…
2 years, 3 months ago
AWA279 - Roman interactions with Dacia
Episode 279
Negrisan George writes, 'I Read about how the Dacians imposed high tribute on the Romans in the first century AD. I'm not an expert, but I think the …
2 years, 4 months ago
Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Disaster
Episode 278
Murray talks with regular AW contributor Jo Ball about her new book from Pen & Sword on the career of Publius Quinctilius Varus and the Teutoburg Dis…
2 years, 4 months ago
AWA Got a Postcard!
Episode 277
We got a Postcard! From Euchale in Heidelberg.
Euchale asks two questions: "1. Have you ever played Age of Mythology. If so, how doyou like the dep…
2 years, 4 months ago
AWA276 - Should Marcus Aurelius have chosen a different successor?
Episode 276
"Why does Marcus Aurelius never take the blame for appointing his son his heir rather than the most qualified, like 3 of the 4 emperors before him? M…
2 years, 4 months ago
AWA275 - Crassus at Carrhae
Episode 275
JSoth asks "Out of curiosity, if Crassus knew Caeser, then during Carrhae, why not build a heavily fortified camp the night after the first day as Ca…
2 years, 5 months ago
AW274 - The Julio-Claudian legion
Episode 274
Augustus' reign started with a thorny problem. He was now the proud 'owner' of 50-odd legions, and no rivals to his power. For now. His solution was …
2 years, 5 months ago
The stagnation of the phalanx
Episode 273
Manos sent this in for Murray to chew over.
'Having heard and read so much about Phillip & Alexander's training of the Macedonian phalanx as to beco…
2 years, 5 months ago
Targeting battlefield leaders
Episode 272
Patron of the podcast, Mathew, sent this question in.
Are there accounts of artillery specifically targeting leaders, for example, a Legatus or cent…
2 years, 5 months ago
Soldiers fighting for usurpers
Episode 271
Chris poses this question for Murray.
'More Roman soldiers were killed in the civil wars against other Roman soldiers than any other adversary. Why …
2 years, 6 months ago