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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

AWA252 - Why Javelins?

2023/5/12

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