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Ancient Warfare Podcast

The History Network

Society & Culture, Greece, Warfare, Ancient, Rome, History, Military

4.4 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

With the holiday season almost upon us, the Ancient Warfare Magazine team discuss new books released in 2022, old and new documentaries that are now available on streaming services and throw in a couple of audiobook suggestions for good measure!

Links (not quite a comprehensive list of all the media mentioned in the show)

Books

Adrienne Mayor, Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs: Unconventional Warfare in the Ancient World (2022)

Conor Whately, A Sensory History of Ancient Warfare: Reconstructing the Physical Experience of War in the Classical World (2022)

Murray Dahm, Hunnic Warrior vs Late Roman Cavalryman: Attila's Wars AD 440–53 (2022)

Josiah Osgood, Uncommon Wrath: How Caesar and Cato's Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic (2022)

MC Bishop, Roman Plate Armour (2022)

Peter Stothard, Crassus: The First Tycoon (2022)

Raffaele D'Amato, Post-Roman Kingdoms: ‘Dark Ages' Gaul & Britain, AD 450–800 (2023)

Raffaele D'Amato, Roman Army Units in the Eastern Provinces (2): 3rd Century AD (2022)

William Horsted, British Celtic Warrior vs Roman Soldier: Britannia AD 43–105 (2022)

Audiobooks

Stephen Fry, Troy: The Siege of Troy Retold

Tony Robinson, Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of them All

Film & TV

Barbarians (2020 - )

In search of the Trojan War (1985)

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great (1998)

On Hannibal's Trail (2010)

Secrets of the Dead (2000 - )

Spartacus (1960)

Scipione l'africano (1937)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another ancient warfare magazine podcast.
0:10.1	My name is Jasper Ortuz.
0:11.4	I'm the editor of the magazine and I'm not feeling all that great today, so you probably
0:15.9	won't hear too much for me.
0:17.4	But to compensate for me, I have with me, Murray Dam, the assistant editor at Ancient
0:22.3	Warfare, and Mark DeSantis, and Mark McAfrey. And together, we're going to talk about
0:28.1	what to do if you're an ancient warfare fan and you have lots of time over the holidays. Are
0:34.4	there any good new videos you could watch,
0:38.3	or documentaries or movies or books you could read or something that was, you know,
0:42.8	released by the BBC maybe half a century ago? And it's suddenly back now on a streaming
0:48.2	servers and you should really watch it. And hopefully we'll have some
0:52.6	suggestions for you. If you want some you know you time you time with
0:59.7	ancient warfare me taking some me time with ancient warfare like it well first of the list of
1:06.3	course not to be nepotistic is is you know, current issues and back issues of ancient warfare magazine,
1:12.3	which, of course, you can, you can absolutely get hold of and read.
1:16.6	So, you know, and shock horror, that's what why I suggest is your first stop.
1:22.9	But I'm going down, I'm going down the...
1:25.9	Excellent.
1:27.8	I'm going down the paper route myself, which I shall explore soon.
1:32.7	What about you, Mark, and Mark?
1:34.3	What are you going to look at for our...
1:37.3	I've likewise gone down the paper route in terms of looking at new trends in terms of literature coming out.
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