Ancient Warfare Blog

Ancient Warfare Answers episode 1

This entry was posted on June 5, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

This month, Murray Dahm and I are starting a new series of short podcasts in which we try to answer one question in the field... Read more

The Assyrian army

This entry was posted on May 27, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

For an army that features in the Bible, and is famous for its depictions on reliefs seen in museums the world over, there are remarkably... Read more

Podcast episode 100: Questions answered live!

This entry was posted on May 4, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

For the 100th episode, the Ancient Warfare podcast team answered a slew of questions in a live session on Youtube (see our lockdown hairdo). We enjoyed... Read more

Ancient warfare movie bingo

This entry was posted on April 8, 2020 by Murray Dahm.

The Ancient Warfare movie bingo as suggested in episode 99 of the podcast is listed below. Enjoy and be aware that we accept no responsibility... Read more

Podcast episode 99: Covid recommendations

This entry was posted on April 7, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

With many readers (and podcast listeners) stuck at home, the Ancient Warfare podcast team decided to fill an episode with stuff to read, watch and an... Read more

Dis Manibus - Paul McDonnell-Staff

This entry was posted on March 23, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Relief of a steersman from Cologne - Paul McDonnell-Staff rowed on the Olympias and was very interested in ancient naval warfare as well. Last Saturday... Read more

Podcast episode 98: Soldiers of Fortune

This entry was posted on March 19, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Inspired by issue XIII.5 (and its predecessor III.1), the full podcast-team (Myke Cole, Murray Dahm, Marc DeSantis, Mark McCaffery, Lindsay Powell and me) go to... Read more

Gary Brueggeman's The Roman Army

This entry was posted on March 9, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Many years ago (by internet standards) Gary Brueggeman started a website on the Roman Army, full of tactical and operational analyses illuminated by his own... Read more

Alexander in Afghanistan

This entry was posted on February 17, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Ancient Warfare podcast Patron Jared suggested the team discuss Alexander the Great's operations in Afghanistan. We understood this as his campaigns in Bactria and Sogdia... Read more

The total barbarian

This entry was posted on February 12, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

We've got two issues coming up that might (or perhaps: should) touch on Celtic mercenaries. The next one, Mercenaries (part 2), and issue XIV.1, Warfare... Read more