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Discussions from Ancient Warfare Magazine. Why did early civilisations fight? Who were their Generals? What was life like for the earliest soldiers? Ancient Warfare Magazine will try and answer these questions. Warfare minus two thousand years.

  1. Were Cretan archers better than other archers?

    4일 전

    Were Cretan archers better than other archers?

    Following on from Murray discussion of Athenian Archers in AWA 397, Tim asks "It would be interesting to hear of the effectiveness of the archers. In wargaming, Cretan archers are usually considered as better than other archers, similar to Belearic slingers. Was this actually true or just a wargaming tradition?" Murray investigates   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    12분
  2. How did the Huns dress for war?

    5월 29일

    How did the Huns dress for war?

    Jack asks: "Hi Murray Do we have enough information to actually describe how the Huns were dressed for war? Did they look much the same as the Goths or other migration era peoples? Is it a misconception to think they looked anything like the later Mongols? Did they go in for bright or rich fabrics in their panoply, like other Warrior cultures? I've heard that they were keen to get their hands on silk fabric, did they then wear this into battle?   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    14분
  3. What role and status did trumpeters have in warfare?

    5월 22일

    What role and status did trumpeters have in warfare?

    Here is an AWA from Brie: "Besides communicating orders and psychological warfare, what role and status did trumpeters have in warfare? Did they have sidearms like musicians of early modern warfare? The Gallic carnyx is of particular interest to me in this regard." This is probably in regard to the exciting carnyx found in Thetford, Norfolk in early 2026, only the third found in Britain. With it were a boar standard and several shield bosses. Murray discusses them all.   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    11분
  4. What did the Constitutio Antoniniana mean for the Roman auxilia?

    5월 15일

    What did the Constitutio Antoniniana mean for the Roman auxilia?

    Carlos, an economics professor (!), asks: Hi Murray,   I am a long-time AWM subscriber, born in Hispania, working in Britannia, and mostly living in Raetia. Love the podcast.   My question is this. With the Constitutio Antoniniana, all young men within the Imperium became citizens and could enlist in the legions instead of the auxilia. Hence, the auxilia presumably attracted less recruits. With Diocletian's reforms, whatever remained of the auxilia was absorbed into a fully new structure with limitanei, comitatenses, and auxilia palatina, the latter being elite. This suggests that the distinction between legions and auxilia might had become fuzzy at that point, else one could just have assigned the auxilia to the borders.   What do we know about the evolution of the auxilia from the Constitutio Antoniniana to Diocletian's reforms? Were they still around, with named units slowly vanishing for lack of recruits, or did they become something else by enlisting non-citizens? Did they become part of a wild mixture of units with all-barbarian numeri in the chaos of the third century and its many revolts? Surely, at the very least, Tacitus' old statement that auxiliaries and legionaries were roughly equal in number is no longer valid for the third century? Murray Investigates.   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    11분
  5. AW408 - Why Germania?

    5월 8일

    AW408 - Why Germania?

    AW issue 107 on Augustus' German campaigns is in the last stages of preparation so the panel thought it would be a good idea to lay the ground work in preparation for next month's podcast on issue 107. So, tonight we're discussing 'Why Germany' and the opening up of the Rhine frontier as a place for future campaigns, from the Cimbri and Teutones and Caesar onwards down yo the time of Augustus.

    47분
  6. War Pigs Revisited

    5월 1일

    War Pigs Revisited

    Following on from an earlier episode on War Pigs, Murray digs deeper into the imagery of pigs and boars in Roman military history.   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    11분
  7. AWA406 - What army did Alexander Molossus have in his Italian campaigns?

    4월 24일

    AWA406 - What army did Alexander Molossus have in his Italian campaigns?

    tadejtomic1943 asks, "Hi Murray, what was the army composition. How many men did it have. Was that the first time the Macedonian Phalanx operated and fought in Italy?What was Alexander Molossus' ultimate goal in Italy? Thanks!" Murray goes on a deep dive to discover the answers.   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    14분
  8. We got a fan letter!

    4월 17일

    We got a fan letter!

    James from California has taken the time to write a fan letter to Ancient Warfare Answers! This is much appreciated! Murray muses over James' letter (which was into response to the die is cast but, as always, leads down much more widespread paths.   Join us on Patreon patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast

    10분
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