AW235 - Piracy and Raids

Ancient Warfare Podcast

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

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

One man's pirate is another's daring raider, and the boundary between warrior and pirate can be equally nebulous. Piracy is an age-old problem without a simple solution.

The team discuss issue XVI.1 of the Ancient Warfare magazine Piracy and Raids: Robbers on the Mediterranean.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the first proper episode of the ancient warfare podcast of
0:11.7	2023. Yeah, we did an AWA last week, but actually by the time you're here and it's probably
0:18.4	another one, but we're going to talk about the new issue this time.
0:22.4	And we're going to talk about piracy in the ancient world,
0:24.4	which is a topic I think we have barely touched upon in so many years of ancient warfare.
0:29.5	So it was definitely time to look at that because it's a nice,
0:35.2	an interesting topic where land and naval warfare sort of cross the line.
0:40.1	It's not just amphibious.
0:42.2	It's about raiding and it's about capturing kidnapping people and, of course, attacking ships at sea.
0:49.1	We don't have very many questions right now, but I'm pretty sure that we'll come up with stuff to keep us occupied.
0:55.7	The first question we do have is pretty fundamental to the whole theme. That's Brian's a patron of
1:05.3	ours. And he asks, when does a merchant become a pirate and vice versa?
1:12.9	Who would like to tackle that one?
1:17.4	Well, I'm going to suggest that, first of all, we have to agree to speak in pirate accents.
1:20.8	So for the whole show, it has to be pirate accents, right?
1:21.8	Otherwise, it's not authentic.
1:24.6	They have to be Greek, Greek access.
1:27.6	We should be doing this on September the 19th.
1:28.8	Yeah, Pirate Day.
1:30.1	Does that talk like a pirate day?
1:32.5	That is international talk like a pirate day.
1:34.9	Yes, but I'm not from the West Country, no.
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