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Daniel writes, 'Plutarch mentions a letter to Alexander from Anaxarchus in his Moralia. It was state
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'A general for his stepmother Hatshepsut from a young age, Thutmose III conducted dozens of campaign
After recently rereading Thucydides, GC asks, "Fire-signals of an attack were also raised towards Th
In this week's Any Warfare Answers, Murray answers this question sent in by Jamie. 'The rest of the
Kyle asks, 'What was the mechanism that Carthage (or really any ancient power) used to recruit merce
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In this episode, Murray muses on a question sent in by Nathan asking if, in the ancient world, there
Andy has been listening to rival podcasts as points out that 'the term assassin does not turn up unt
Curt asks Murray, 'did Alexander The Great’s army introduce Pankration to India? If so could Pankrat
Jasper, the editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine, asked on social media what themes readers felt the
Jacob wonders, 'if field artillery was ever used against a Macedonian-style phalanx? If not, why not
Carlos asks, 'in the current war in Ukraine, we've seen Ukrainian soldiers write insulting messages
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'Even before the empire split into two separate halves, the Augusti in the East had to contend with
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