Yarmuk 636: Six Days, a Blocked Bridge and Byzantium's Loss of Syria
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In August 636, on a dusty plateau ringed by ravines up to 660 feet deep, a Rashidun army of abou...
11 Okt 20min
Jousting's Arms Race: Ransom Melees to Maximilian's Spring-Loaded Shields
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Early jousting, from the 11th to 14th centuries, was a group brawl across open fields, fought in...
11 Okt 21min
Kublai Khan's Invasions of Japan: Hakata Bay Walls and the 1281 Typhoon
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!From 1266 Kublai Khan sent six missions demanding that Japan submit, addressing its ruler as the...
11 Okt 23min
Tsushima 1905: The Baltic Fleet's 18,000-Mile Voyage to Annihilation
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1904, with Russia's Pacific Fleet blockaded at Port Arthur, Tsar Nicholas II sent the Baltic ...
11 Okt 27min
Mercenaries Through History: Xenophon's 10,000 to Wagner and Cyber Hires
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11 Okt 24min
Medieval Knights: From Cniht Servants to Jousts, Chivalry and Gunpowder
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The word knight comes from the Old English cniht, meaning boy or servant. In Charles Martel's 8t...
11 Okt 26min
Caesar's Rubicon: A Forged Inscription and the Hunt for a Lost River
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11 Okt 22min
Cannae 216 BC: Hannibal's Crescent and the Double Envelopment of Rome
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11 Okt 23min
