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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
Something slightly different for this episode of the Ancient Warfare podcast. Regular of the podcast
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
Wyton asks, 'During the republic, what were the Romans Italian allies armed with, and how did they f
'Even before the empire split into two separate halves, the Augusti in the East had to contend with
Robert asks, 'Why javelins? It seems that a bow would be a much better weapon for a skirmish in the
'Is there today or has there been anyone trying to conduct larger-scale experimental archaeology to
Alex asks, 'When is the last documented evidence of one of the original Roman Legions being in exist
Murray talks with Roel Konijnendijk about his recent work on 19th-century German language scholars a
Curt wonders why did Alexander the Great not look westwards, starting with Rome during his conquests
Samuel points out that Xenophon makes reference to the Sciritai as part of the Spartan army foray in
Mark, one of our patrons, wonders if Murray sees a place for AI in helping to translate ancient manu
Listener Andy Shaw wonders why the sarissa 'seems to fall out of use between the two periods even th