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War Elephants
Episode 11
Move over Hannibal. More over Carthage. This podcast is all about a much BIGGER elephant power in antiquity. A power that, at its height, stretched f…
5 years, 6 months ago
'Killing for the Roman Republic'
Episode 10
In 281/280 BC, the Hellenistic King Pyrrhus ventured to southern Italy to aid the Italiote-Greek city of Tarentum against a rising power based in cen…
5 years, 6 months ago
Combat Trauma
Episode 9
From the 2000 historical blockbuster 'Gladiator' to the Total War series, brutal hand to hand warfare is something we commonly associate with antiqui…
5 years, 6 months ago
Stone Circles
Episode 8
From Cornwall to Orkney, stone circles are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the British Isles. Their history stretches more than 2 mill…
5 years, 6 months ago
Agrippina the Younger
Episode 7
Agrippina the Younger (AD 15 - 59) was one of the most prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Born during a time of radical political change …
5 years, 7 months ago
Horse Archery
Episode 6
The horse archer was one of the most feared warriors of antiquity. Triumphing mobility and fluidity, these swift skirmishers came to epitomise a fear…
5 years, 7 months ago
Antonine Wall
Episode 5
In c.142 AD the Emperor Antoninus Pius ordered the construction of a new wall in Northern Britain. Situated between the Firth of Forth and the Firth …
5 years, 7 months ago
Housesteads and Hadrian's Wall
Episode 4
Housesteads Roman Fort is one of the great, surviving treasures of Roman Britain. Once an auxiliary fort, it occupied a dominant position on Hadrian’…
5 years, 7 months ago
Origins of Biological & Chemical Warfare
Episode 3
The origins of biological and chemical warfare stretch far back; modern technology has not brought about these terrifying weapons. Throughout antiqui…
5 years, 7 months ago
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Episode 2
In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived on Roman borders, having been uprooted from their…
5 years, 8 months ago