Greeks vs Romans: Empires at War
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Greece and Rome, they are the heavyweights of ancient history. But what happened when they came face to face with one another? Tristan is once again joined by Simon Elliott to talk about some of the great clashes that occurred between the Greeks and the Romans. From Cynoscephalae, to Magnesia, to Pydna - how did the forces match up and how did they evolve in armour, weapons and strategy to better compete against each other.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Engines on History Hit. |
| 0:15.4 | I'm Tristan Hughes, your host and in today's podcast where we've got an ancient savetter |
| 0:19.0 | and returning to the show, it's Dr Simon Elliott. |
| 0:22.6 | Simon has been on the podcast a few times in the past. |
| 0:25.4 | More than a few, he's talked about topics that vary from the ninth legion to Julia Caesar's |
| 0:30.2 | invasions of Britain to Alexander the Great versus Julia Caesar, our special new year episode. |
| 0:36.7 | And I'm delighted to say that Simon is back. |
| 0:38.9 | He's a lovely chap and today we're talking all things Roman military in the context of |
| 0:44.4 | the Greeks when the Romans met the Greeks on the battlefield. |
| 0:49.2 | We're going to be talking about military reforms during the Roman Republican period and |
| 0:53.5 | of course we're going to be focusing in on some of these great clashes that occurred |
| 0:57.3 | between the Greeks and the Romans at places such as Sinus Sepheli, Magnesia, Pidna and |
| 1:04.5 | so on. |
| 1:05.7 | This was a really fun conversation between Simon and I. We chatted for a long, long time |
| 1:10.2 | and we got together to record this episode and I do hope you enjoy. |
| 1:15.0 | So without further ado to talk all about ancient Greeks at War Rome versus Greece, here's |
| 1:19.8 | Simon. |
| 1:23.4 | It's great to have you back on the podcast today. |
| 1:25.9 | It's always amazing to come back on the podcast with you guys at Ancient History here |
| 1:31.0 | to an history hit with you Tristan because we always go into such great depth about amazing |
| 1:35.5 | subjects and it's real proper history. |
| 1:38.4 | It is real proper history. |
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