AWA174 - Did Ancient Armies wargame in any fashion we would recognize?

Ancient Warfare Podcast

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

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Jasper tackles this question from one of our patrons.

‘Did Ancient Armies wargame in any fashion we would recognize? Either in the armchair sense, or practically in the fields or on the seas? Did the Romans have wargames exercises to counter barbarian armies or Persian fleets? On the armchair side watching ‘I Claudius’ episode 1 there Augustus is playing a board game he calls ‘Empire’ with Agrippa’s two young sons. I expect this is just a story telling invention of the author or TV adaptation, but is there any basis for such a wargame simulator having existed in Rome or other nation?’

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of ancient warfare answers.
0:04.3	I have lost count.
0:05.3	I think we're somewhere north of 150.
0:08.8	Anyway, welcome to another episode.
0:10.7	And don't forget that you too can ask a question.
0:12.8	Anyone can ask any question about ancient warfare.
0:15.0	And Jasper and I will attempt to answer it.
0:18.3	Jasper Ortage, the editor of the magazine.
0:20.5	And I'm Murray Daum,j, the editor of the magazine, and I'm Murray Down, the
0:21.3	assistant editor. And today, we are going to answer, well, attempt to answer a question from
0:29.0	someone, and I must admit I got this wrong because I thought that their actual name was
0:32.9	layman. But no, it's ancient World Warfare layman from Patreon. And you too can be a Patreon of the podcast. You just warfare layman from Patreon.
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1:01.9	Anyway, ancient warfare layman's question for Yasper today is did ancient armies war game in any fashion we would recognize,
1:07.2	either in the armchair sense or practically in fields or on the seas?
1:08.6	Yaspa.
1:09.5	No.
1:16.5	I think actually, it's not as far as we know.
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