Ancient Warfare Blog

The Cohors Classica

This entry was posted on June 25, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Fragmented tombstone of a soldier of the Cohors I Classica. The reconstructed and heavily emended inscription reads: (to) Tiberius Julius Probus, son of Julius, soldier... Read more

Ancient Warfare podcast: military celebrities

This entry was posted on June 5, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

The team sets aside their own modest dreams of celebrity to discuss the ancient variety, more specifically ancient military celebrities. What famous examples do we... Read more

OOP back issues

This entry was posted on May 3, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Ancient Warfare has been around for over a decade now, and is fortunate in that many readers seem to like to collect back issues. Inevitably... Read more

Ancient Warfare podcast: Germanic raiders

This entry was posted on April 24, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Using some secret documents and files, the Ancient Warfare podcast team was (mostly) well prepped to discuss the upcoming issue XII.6 in our latest episode. Enjoy! Read more

Alexander the Great revisited

This entry was posted on March 14, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Oliver Stone's Alexander was watched and debated. You'd better listen, people get excited... Read more

Understanding Greek Warfare - review

This entry was posted on March 13, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

If I were Routledge's commissioning editor, I'm not sure I'd have thought this was a good idea. To survey the history of Greek warfare from... Read more

Ancient Warfare podcast - Auxiliaries

This entry was posted on February 25, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

With issue XII.5 on the truck to the distributor, the team recorded an episode on Roman auxiliaries.   Angus, Lindsay, Marc, Mark, Murray and Jasper... Read more

Naval infantry, sort of

This entry was posted on February 13, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Frieze of a Dorian column showing a warship with marines on deck. Probably first century AD, from Rome. Names of Roman auxiliary units come in... Read more

Ancient Warfare podcast - Spartan superiority?

This entry was posted on January 17, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

In popular imagination, Spartan soldiers were nigh invincible super warriors. Is that reputation deserved, and was it appreciated similarly in ancient times? The Ancient Warfare... Read more

Weighty encyclopedias

This entry was posted on January 11, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

I really made out like a bandit at my birthday in November and Christmas just gone by. Generous donors gave me two very weighty (I... Read more