Dmitry Donskoy at Kulikovo 1380: Burned Bridges and a Prince in Disguise
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Dmitry Ivanovich became Prince of Moscow in 1359 at nine years old, in a Rus' of squabbling prin...
11 Okt 22min
The Crossbow: Han Bronze Triggers, Steel Cranequins and Silent Commandos
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The crossbow solved a human problem: a heavy war bow forces the archer to hold enormous tension ...
11 Okt 21min
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough: The Unbeaten General Undone at Court
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Churchill was born in 1650 to a royalist family ruined by the English Civil War and raised ...
11 Okt 20min
Charles Martel at Tours: Seven Days on a Frozen Hill Against the Umayyads
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In October 732 Charles Martel, mayor of the palace of Austrasia and the real power behind the fi...
11 Okt 18min
War Chariots: Sintashta Spoked Wheels to Kadesh and the Circus Maximus
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The chariot began around 2000 BC on the Eurasian steppes with the Sintashta-Petrovka culture, no...
11 Okt 25min
Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar's Hidden Fourth Line Routs Pompey's Cavalry
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!By summer 48 BC Julius Caesar was the one in trouble. His blockade of Pompey at Dyrrachium had c...
11 Okt 22min
Brian Boru, Emperor of the Gaels: From 12th Son to Death at Clontarf
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Tenth century Ireland had fewer than 500,000 people and over 150 kings. Brian, born around 941 a...
11 Okt 21min
Brian Boru's Rise: Splitting Ireland With Máel Sechnaill, Then Taking It
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 10th century Ireland the Uí Néill dynasty held the prestigious high kingship of Tara, while t...
11 Okt 17min
