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When do ancient sources agree but you call foul?
Episode 191
Murray is on his own this week and tackles this question sent in by Patron of the podcast Paul, 'Name one event in Ancient Warfare where the majority…
4 years ago
What do you think was the most important factor in ancient warfare?
Episode 190
While we wait for the latest episode of the magazine to be released, Murray suggested the Ancient Warfare team address one of the questions sent from…
4 years ago
How did ancient armies inspire loyalty among their troops?
Episode 189
Anne asks 'how did ancient armies and generals inspire (coerce?) loyalty among the troops?'
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4 years ago
AWA188 - How did the Romans and others counter the firepower and mobility of horse archer armies?
Episode 188
Patron of the podcast Carlos sent us this question, 'what were the methods used by groups like the Romans or any of the Near East powers to counter t…
4 years ago
How much military intelligence did the ancients use?
Episode 187
Murray gives his thoughts on this question sent in by Greg 'There are quite a few examples of the use of recon and scouting from ancient warfare (per…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Biggest Recent Developments in Ancient Warfare
Episode 186
We regularly receive emails for Jasper and Murray with suggestions for Ancient Warfare Answers. Greg asked 'what have been the biggest developments o…
4 years, 1 month ago
What made slings so suited to Ancient Warfare?
Episode 185
Adam asks 'Slings are an iconic weapon of the ancient period, but don't seem to have been used much in later periods. What made them so suited to anc…
4 years, 1 month ago
Was the Grass Crown really that rare?
Episode 184
Murray answers this question sent in from Micius.
Do you think the "Grass Crown" was really a rare award or that it just wasn't written about very of…
4 years, 1 month ago
Did the Silver Shields lose effectiveness as they grew old?
Episode 183
Murray tackles this question on the Silver Shields.
Do we have any evidence that the Silver Sheilds' actual combat effectiveness began to diminish as…
4 years, 2 months ago
Warfare in the Age of Homer
Episode 182
'To the Greeks and Romans, the Trojan War was the beginning of all warfare and set the standards for the expected behaviour of all men. How does the…
4 years, 2 months ago