All episodes

AWA434 - When did 'hero' warfare end?

AWA433 - What is the difference between a skirmish and a battle?

AWA432 - Were there any British Legions?

AWA431 - Why do Roman swords have no crossguard?

AW429 - Stratagems

AWA429 - The Dacian presence in Britain

AWA428 - Where were Roman arms factories?

AWA427 - Questions about ancient military signal jamming

AW426 - Band on the Run

AWA425 - A letter on siege warfare

AWA424 - How did ancient artillery suppress defenders during sieges?

AWA423 - How were auxiliary forces managed?

AW422 - The Battle of Gaugamela

AWA421 - Did legionaries and auxiliaries have to bribe their way into the Roman army?

AWA420 - What were Roman walls for?

AWA419 - Who is the better general: Thrasybulus or Demosthenes (or Brasidas)?

AWA418 - What did legionaries drink on campaign?

AW417 - The Evolution of Tactics

AWA416 - What evidence is there for striped Egyptian headwear?

AWA415 - Why did the Romans completely abandon the spear in favour of the pilum?

AWA414 - Did legionaries need to be 1.80 metres tall?

AW413 - Early Campaigns in Germania

AWA412 - Were Cretan archers better than other archers?

AWA411 - How did the Huns dress for war?

AWA410 - What role and status did trumpeters have in warfare?

AWA409 - What did the Constitutio Antoniniana mean for the Roman auxilia?

AW408 - Why Germania?

AWA407 - War Pigs Revisited

AWA406 - What army did Alexander Molossus have in his Italian campaigns?

AWA405 - We got a fan letter!

AW404 - The Marian Reforms

AWA403 - Why does the Odyssey 2026 trailer feel wrong?

AWA402 - Arausio 105 BC: military defeat or political disaster?

AWA401 - Why Did Helmets Have Crests?

AW400 - Warriors in Bronze

AWA399 - Outflanking as a Tactical Innovation

AWA398 - Turning to Face an Outflank

AWA397 - Athenian Archers

AW396 - Revolutions in Warfare

AWA395 - Gladiators and the Roman Army

AWA394 - War Pigs

AWA393 - How long were bronze helmets used?

AW392 - Crossing the Rubicon

AWA391 - Bridging the Hellespont

AWA390 - Roman Military Signalling

AWA389 - Rome's Elite Veterans: Influence, Origins, and End

AWA388 - The triple acies revisited

AW387 - The Roman legion in the second century AD

AWA386 - Let the die be cast

AWA385 - Did the ancients fight with their cloaks on?

AWA384 - Did Hannibal and Scipio Africanus Really Meet?

AW383 - The Ancient Warfare Christmas Reading List

AWA382 - How Did Caesar's Legionnaires Stay Battle-Ready?

AWA381 - Did Ancient Soldiers Protect Their Feet?

AWA380 - How Did the Greek Phalanx Keep Its Line?

AW379 - Commanding an Army in Antiquity

AWA378 - Did the Persians Really Use Cats at the Battle of Pelusium?

AWA377 - How Much Do We Really Know About the Bacaudae?

AWA376 - Are there any sources for the chariot driver actually exiting the chariot before contact?

AWA375 - What was the relationship between Korybantic/Kouretic dances and ancient warfare?

AW374 - Which Battle Would You Witness?

AWA373 - Greek phalanx vs. Germanic shield wall: how different were they?

AWA372 - Were ancient armies ever at full strength?

AWA371 - Do we know anything about ancient soldiers dice games?

AW369 - Battles of the Bronze Age

AWA368 - What happened to the Hastati, Principes, and Triarii?

AWA367 - How permanent were institutions like dux or comes?

AWA366 - When did the classical Greek hoplite cease to exist?

AW365 - Controversies of Roman Warfare

AWA364 - Victories by missile-based armies

AWA363 - Why do slingers go away?

AWA362 - What can you tell me about the Scythed Chariots at Gaugamela?

AW361 - Helmets in the Ancient World

AWA360 - Did the ancient Greeks have a padded garment under their armour?

AWA359 - Who are your go-to translators for your favourite texts?

AWA358 - What was an oblique phalanx?

AWA357 - What was the least influential weapon on the ancient battlefield?

AW356 - New discoveries in Ancient Warfare 2025

AWA355 - Did small built-up areas play a role in ancient battlefields?

AWA354 - Why did ancient armies have few ranged units compared to line infantry?

AWA353 - Who were ancient scouts?

AW352 - Tiberius

AWA351 - What would be your ideal military?

AWA349 - Were there any inspiring elites in ancient warfare?

AW348 - Greece in the fourth century BC

AWA347 - Questions about Masada and Josephus (part II)

AWA346 - Questions about Masada and Josephus

AWA350 - What do we know about the early life of Marcus Furius Camillus?

AWA345 - Why didn't Rome's adversaries emulate her?

AW344 - Roman Soldier vs Dacian Warrior

AWA343 - Which type of armor did the legions under Caesar and Augustus use?

AWA342 - How vulnerable were armies during the Bronze and Iron Ages to lightning strikes?

AWA341 - What really happened at the battle of Lugdunum, 197 AD?

AWA340 - Usurpers legions and provinces

AW339 - Single Combat in Antiquity

AWA338 - Lambdas and ancient Greek shield devices

AWA337 - Legions and Foederati

AWA336 - Did ancient armies catapult corpses into enemy cities?

AW335 - Gladiator II

AWA334 - Were the reasons for war in ancient times any different to the modern era?