Ancient Warfare Podcast

Patron of the podcast Anne asks, what do we know about how Hannibal supplied his troops during his campaigns, particularly through the Alps? With elephants!' Murray gives us his thoughts.

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Murray answers this question sent in by Brian 'The romans took a lot of slaves when they won a battle but how did they turn an angry defeated warrior into a pliant slave?'

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'If ancient soldiers were trained at all, it was generally for fighting in a formation in the battle line. But on rare occasions, generals would train and use troops for special operations.'

The Ancient Warfare team consider Ancient Warfare Magazine XV.1 which focuses on Special Operations in antiquity.

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Patron of the podcast Joshua asks 'I often read about certain battles, sieges, or encounters being influenced through psychological warfare. How effective was psychological warfare in the ancient world? What were the most effective methods?'

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Patron of the podcast Ian asks 'which was the fastest army in the ancient world traveling over land? Herodotus mentions the Spartan relief force that raced to Marathon, travelling around 150kms in 3 days- is this a record?'.

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With the summer holiday season in full swing for all the team (except Murray in Australia), we thought we'd discuss everyone's favourite fiction books, which feature ancient warfare. Subscribe to the magazine: https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/ancient-warfare-magazine Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/ancientwarfarepodcast Books Mentioned:Banner, James M. The Ever-Changing Past

Breem, Wallace. Eagle in the Snow

Davis, Lindsay. The Falco Series https://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/publications/

Duggan, Alfred. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Duggan

Cameron, Christian. The Tyrant Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Cameron

Graves, Robert. I, Claudius Graves, Robert. Claudius the God Graves, Robert. Count Belisarius

Harris, Robert. The Cicero Trilogy: Imperium Harris, Robert. The Cicero Trilogy: Lustrum Harris, Robert. The Cicero Trilogy: Dictator

Haynes, Natalie. A Thousand Ships Haynes, Natalie. The Children of Jocasta https://nataliehaynes.com

Holland, Tom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Holland_(author)

Homer. The Illiad Homer. The Odyssey

Keegan, John. The Face of Battle

McCullough, Colleen. The First Man in Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_McCullough

Miller, Madeline. The Song of Achilles

Moorhead, Sam. Stutard, David. The Romans who Shaped Britain

Pressfield, Steven. Tides of War https://stevenpressfield.com

Renault, Mary. The Alexander Trilogy: Fire from Heaven Renault, Mary. The Alexander Trilogy: The Persian Boy Renault, Mary. The Alexander Trilogy: Funeral Games

Sidebottom, Harry. https://www.harrysidebottom.co.uk

Sutcliff, Rosemary. Eagle of the Ninth

Vidal, Gore. Julian Vidal, Gore. Creation

Yourcenar, Marguerite. Memoirs of Hadrian

Andrew sent us this question, 'I was wondering how the intertwining of heroic figures into people's lineage, was viewed by the common people.' Murray gives us his opinion.

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Could Hannibal have won the second punic war? Jasper is busy putting the magazine together so Murray gives us his opinion.

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Alex, part of our patreon community asks 'how much do you feel that luck played a role in ancient combat? Theoretically luck would be more of a factor in the gunpowder age, but I can't imagine worse luck than being a Roman at Cannae. Low chance of survival, no matter your martial skill. Thoughts?'

Jasper is busy this week so Murray is flying solo.

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Zoe on patreon asks, 'we know about the four horned saddles the Roman cavalry used but do we have any idea of what sorts of saddles might've been used elsewhere in the ancient world?'

Murray answers this one.

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