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Where did the legionaries at Cannae come from?
Episode 142
The battle of Cannae was a catastrophic defeat for the Romans, but where did these legionaries come from? Jasper tells us where.
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5 years ago
Visualising War
Episode 141
In this episode, Jasper and Murray are joined by Dr Nicolas Wiater and Dr Alice König who lead the Visualising War project at St Andrews University.
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How did the Macedonian Phalanx deal with cavalry armies?
Episode 140
If cavalry attacked a Macedonian phalanx how did it react? Did the phalanx have a tactic to hold them off? Murray explains..
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5 years ago
How fast could a legionary camp react to an attack?
Episode 139
If a roman legionary camp was attacked, how fast could it react? Jasper gives us his opinion.
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5 years ago
How did the Macedonian phalanx come about?
Episode 138
Murray tells us about the development of the Macedonian phalanx.
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5 years, 1 month ago
The Greco-Persian Wars
Episode 137
In the late sixth-century BC, it became clear that the expanding Persian Empire and the Greek city states in Asia and the Aegean would soon come into…
5 years, 1 month ago
How did battles start?
Episode 136
Was there etiquette to starting a battle, or did they just happen? Murray investigates.
5 years, 1 month ago
Were there hard borders which stopped imperial expansion?
Episode 135
What were borders like in the ancient world? Were there hard borders which stopped imperial expansion? Jasper gives us his opinion.
5 years, 1 month ago
Were the Theban Sacred Band trained to target officers?
Episode 134
Were the Theban Sacred Band trained to target officers? Murray gives us the answer.
5 years, 2 months ago
Coups, successes and failures
Episode 133
In this episode the Ancient Warfare team are between issues of the magazine, so Mark suggested they discuss coups in the ancient world.
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5 years, 2 months ago