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Ancient Warfare Podcast

AW374 - Which Battle Would You Witness?

Ancient Warfare Podcast

The History Network

History, Society & Culture

4.3645 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we explore the ultimate "time travel" question: if you could witness any battle in history, which one would you choose?

We focus on a handful of iconic clashes, including Pharsalus, where Pompey surrendered unexpectedly, and Actium, exploring the real plan behind Antinous' manoeuvres. We also dive into the Teutoburg Forest, one of Rome's most devastating defeats, and consider what makes a battle truly unforgettable.

 

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1:15.3

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Ancient Warfare podcast.

1:17.0

My name is Jasper Wirthouse.

1:18.3

I'm the editor of the magazine.

1:25.0

And with me today are Mark with the C. DeSantis, Mari Dham, the assistant editor of ancient warfare, Lindsay Powell, and Mark with a Kay McCaffrey, who are regular contributors to the podcast.

1:32.1

And we don't discuss a recent issue today, but we had a question.

1:37.9

I think that was meant for ancient warfare answers.

1:41.5

If you listen to this podcast, then you will know that we do a weekly, or Murray does, a weekly podcast of only about 10 minutes in which he discusses questions that keep the readers up at night about warfare in the ancient world.

1:58.8

And one of those we just got this week or last week and we thought, oh, that might be just a great one just while away an hour or so.

2:08.1

And the question, Murray, do you have the person who asked it?

2:11.4

Oh, do I?

2:12.1

I think I got so annoyed that it wasn't going to be just me that I don't know.

2:18.6

I saved it in my ancient warfare answers document.

2:23.3

Well, we can just say what the question was.

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