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Ancient Warfare Podcast The History Network
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4.3 • 499 Ratings
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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.
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Imitation Legionaries
Mark asks, 'did any of the friendly client states (i.e. Thrace, Cappadocia, Mauretania etc) try to copy Roman legions in terms of equipment, organisation, tactics etc?'
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Did the Romans have an organised Medical Corps?
Thanks to Andy for sending this one in. 'I’m listening to SJA Turney’s Marius' Mules. Over the first three books, he frequently references the medical support for the legions. How developed were the medics? Were their skills another advantage for the Romans ?'
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What was the difference between bronze and iron?
In a second question from his postcard, Gus asks, what was the difference between bronze and iron weapons and armour in terms of availability, hardness, temper and penetrating ability?
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Invasion of the Celts
'After two decades of war, Alexander's successors had found a delicate balance. When Ptolemy's wayward son managed to destabilize matters, the Celts grabbed their chance.'
The Ancient Warfare team discuss the latest issue of the magazine XVII.2 Invasion of the Celts: Brennus' Campaign into Greece.
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Who were the Thureophoroi?
In a new Ancient Warfare Answers postcard, Gus asks Thureophoroi - what were they? (light troops/peltast replacements)and where did they originate?
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Why are there less writings on Roman imperial wars?
Aaron asks "On your comment about written battle accounts, were Empire era writings less common, lost to time, or were the generals less educated than Republic era generals?"
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Customer Reviews
Love it but are there zero female war historians out there?
I’ve been listening to this pod for a couple of years and overall I do love it. I love both the longer and bite-sized episodes and I always learn something new... But it just occurred to me that in all this time of listening I don’t believe I’ve ever heard a female war historian come on? I’m sure like most, this discipline was created by and continues to be maintained by mostly white male scholars (hope I’m wayy off), but since I’m a female who loves learning about military history, I’m sure there have to be at least SOME female war historians working in the field today? Why not shake up things a bit and invite one of them on here for an episode even once in a while? Very curious what they’d bring to the discussion or even if the topics they gravitate towards studying differ at all from their male counterparts. Please don’t kill me for bringing this up, not trying to start anything - just genuinely curious.
Even if this review falls on deaf ears, I would still recommend this pod to anyone who wants to learn more about ancient warfare, so do give it a listen 🙃
Thanks!
I love to listen to your discussions and I love the magazine too. You guys are a great team.
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