This episode we talk about the first two British invasions, Caesar and his legions crossed the British channel to invade a new land. We take a look into Iron age Britain before the invasions, what was known about them and Rome’s attitude towards them. What changed when Caesar launched an invasion into Britain and how the two forces fared against one enough, and finally we delve into the years after the invasions and what impacts were made into Britain! Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy-going way.

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Suggested further reading:

- A History of Roman Britain by Peter Salway.

- Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar.

- Roman Britain a new history by Guy De La Bédoyère.

Co-written by Alexander Goodman, Christopher Kearney, Callum Childs and Ozzie Major

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This episode talks about War Elephants, the largest creature to enter the battlefield in antiquity. We take a deeper look into their role inside the military world within the Seleucid, Ptolemaic, Carthaginian and Roman armies, as well as their political use in coins and displays of power! Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy-going way.

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Suggested further reading:

- Warfare in ancient Greece a sourcebook Michael M. Sage

- The Seleucid Army: Organization and tactics in the great campaigns by Bezalel Bar-Kochva.

- The fall of Carthage: the Punic wars, 265-146 BC by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy

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This episode talks about Constantine I the first Roman Emperor to legalise Christianity, we take a deeper look at Constantine to see if he really was a Christian and therefore, if he can be called the first Christian Emperor? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way.

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- Constantine: Unconquered emperor, Christian victor by Paul Stephenson (Modern scholarship) 

- Life of Constantine by Eusebius (Ancient source)

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This episode talks about the Syrian wars fought between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic empire, why were there so many wars and what where their causes? And do we actually know all the details or have we been getting it wrong for years? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way.

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Suggested further reading:

- The Seleukid Empire, 281–222 BC: War within the Family edited by Kyle Erickson (Modern scholarship)

- The Histories by Polybius (Ancient source)

Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney  

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This episode talks about Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta, was it this war that caused Greece to lose its independence? Or alternately, was this war just another conflict in a long process for one state to become dominant? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way.

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Suggested further reading:

- The Peloponnesian war by Donald Kagan (Modern scholarship)

- Hellenica by Xenophon (Ancient source)

- History of the Peloponnesian war by Thucydides (Ancient source)

Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney  

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This episode talks about the frontier between the Byzantine Empire and the Sassanid Persians. Were they natural rivals who were forced to fight each other? Or were they simply neighbouring factions who desired the spoils of war? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way. 

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Suggested further reading:

- Rome and Persia at War, 502-532 by Geoffrey Greatrex (Modern scholarship)

- The wars by Procopius (Ancient source)

Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney  

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This episode talks about the fall of the Roman Republic, and how individuals grew to become the most powerful generals and statesmen the Republic had ever seen. Was it the leaders of the Republic that brought it to its knees, or was the fall of the Republic always bound to happen? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way.

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Suggested further reading:

-Cicero and the end of the Roman Republic by Thomas Wiedemann (Modern scholarship)

-The Lives by Plutarch (Ancient source)

-Roman History by Cassius Dio (Ancient source)

Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney  

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 This episode talks about the Punic wars, and how Rome went from a small faction in the Italian peninsular to controlling most of the western Mediterranean, with special guest Christopher Kearney. Was it this war that brought Rome to become the superpower we all know, or was this a small war that didn’t affect Roman history much? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way.

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Suggested further reading:

-The fall of Carthage: The Punic wars 265-146BC by Adrian Goldsworthy (Modern scholarship)

-The Rise of the Roman Empire by Polybius (Ancient source)

-The war with Hannibal by Livy (Ancient source)

 Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney  

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 This episode talks about Alexander the Great, and asks the question ‘did he truly deserve the title “Great”?’ Are there any reasons as to why he should, and, is there any reasons as to why he didn’t deserve it? Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient History to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic, or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way.

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-Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox (Modern scholarship)

-Life of Alexander by Plutarch (Ancient source)

-The anabasis of Alexander by Arrian (Ancient source)

-Indica by Arrian (Ancient source)

Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney 

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This episode talks about the Greco-Persian wars and how the largest Empire in the known world managed to make the Greek people come together to fight them back. This podcast will also look at the identity of the Greeks and Persians and how this could have been a vital aspect as to why this war began and continued for such a long time. Welcome to the AIQ podcast, bringing the world of Ancient history to your ears. No matter if you are a leading academic or have just found an interest in history, this podcast tries to discuss highly academic topics in a free and easy going way. 

Co-written By Alexander Goodman and Christopher Kearney 

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