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ANTIQUITAS: Leaders and Legends of the Ancient World, tells the stories of the deeds, crimes, miseries, and glories of the great men and women of Greece and Rome (and beyond). Your host is bestselling historian Barry Strauss.
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When we talk about war today, we are speaking the language of Clausewitz, whether we know it or not. He is the most influential and perhaps the most profound of military thinkers, but he is often misunderstood. Let's get to know him better.
The great ancient Chinese military theorist, Sun Tzu, is the master of the indirect way of war. His work, The Art of War, still speaks to us today.
The great ancient Greek historian and theorist still has a lot to teach us about war, strategy, and democracy. "The future is likely to resemble the past," Thucydides wrote, claiming that "my work is a possession for all time." Was he right? Join me, and you can decide.
The emperors Vespasian, Titus, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus all had career-defining love affairs outside the elite of Roman Italy. Here are their stories.
The fascinating stories of three Roman emperors and their mothers: Tiberius & Livia, Nero & Agrippina, and Constantine & Saint Helena.
How peaceful was the Roman Peace - the famous PAX ROMANA? Join me in a look at three great emperors and find out.
"Give me back my legions!" cried the Roman Emperor, but it was too late. Rome's crushing defeat at the Teutoburg Forest kept most of Germany permanently free from Roman rule. Here is how it happened.
Let's discover Greece firsthand together this summer on an education vacation that will take us from Athens to Actium via magical Epirus.
Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian fought for control of the Roman Empire at Actium. We tell the story.
Was it war, crime or a self-inflicted wound? It was, in any case, the greatest battle between Caesar and Pompey, and it took place here, at Pharsalus, Greece, in 48 BC.
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The reason the Athenians had a large Navy prior to the second Persian invasion eas because they were at war with Aegina, another Greek polis. The Greeks were always fighting each other, one city-state on another or between small alliances of poleis. Themistocles was indeed the one who had this idea. And he was the one who convinced Athens to add to their fleet as the second Persian invasion commenced.
This is totally inaccurate. The king of Persia who led this second invasion of Europe was Xerxes. It was Darius who led the first, and unsuccessful invasion, who wanted revenge. Xerxes was much more ambivalent. The few Greeks who opposed the Persians (a far, far greater number willingly allied themselves with Persia) fought not for freedom but to avoid having to pay tribute to a foreign ruler. As far as destruction of the city of Athens goes, the Athenians had previously burned the city of Sardis, capital of Lydia, and its temples to the ground during their invasion of Ionia. Instead of wasting your time here, go to the source and read the description of this naval battle in Herodotus' Histories, Book 8.
I am only slightly into my first listen of this podcast, and I must say I am very happy I randomly came across it.
A great Podcast about the Ancient Warfare and places where it happened. Professor Barry Strauss is a good history teller too.
I'm done. it's HUE-GE and HUE-MEN. WTF IS you-men and you-ge? fucking done!