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The Dacian Wars of Domitian and Trajan
Episode 32
The Dacians lived in modern day Romania, they had long been a threat along the borders of the Roman Empire. In 101AD Trajan launched the first of tw…
13 years, 2 months ago
Greek warfare in the Archaic age
Episode 31
Jasper and the team are joined by Josho Brouwers to discus warfare in archaic Greece. After Michael's summary of the period we go on to look at the p…
13 years, 5 months ago
The Roman Conquest of Spain
Episode 30
Jasper and the team discuss Ancient Warfare I.4, The Roman Conquest of Spain. It took over 200 years for Rome to pacify Spain, why did it take them s…
13 years, 8 months ago
Elite Units of the Hellenistic Era
Episode 29
Jasper, Murray and Lindsay are joined by Michael Park to look at Elite units of the Hellenistic Era, the discussion revolves round what is elite and …
13 years, 10 months ago
Securing Seas and Shores: Fleets of the Roman empire
Episode 28
In the usual wide ranging discussion Jasper, Michael, Lindsay and special guest Jesse Obert look at the Roman Navy. Questioning the received view of …
13 years, 11 months ago
The Assyrian Army At War
Episode 27
In this episode we look at the Assyrians, 930BC to 630BC, their empire stretched from Egypt to Babylon, it was the first great iron age empire with r…
14 years ago
Rome's wars with the Sassanids
Episode 26
The Sassanid Empire would prove to be the last of the Persian middle-eastern empires, and would also be the last great 'civilised' rival of Rome. The…
14 years, 1 month ago
Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor
Episode 25
Jasper, Murray, Mike and Lindsay take a trip down memory lane and revisit Ancient Warfare magazine I.III "Protect thyself. Shields, helmets and armor…
14 years, 4 months ago
Swords around the throne: bodyguards of kings and emperors
Episode 24
Jasper, Lindsay, Murray and Mike discuss the use of bodyguards from Alexanders men having to prevent him from getting into harm through to being a sy…
14 years, 5 months ago
Daily Life In The Camp And On Campaign
Episode 23
The team discuss the daily routine of troops in the ancient world when garrisoned. Through examples found at Vindolanda we investigate sickness rates…
14 years, 8 months ago