Archimedes at Syracuse: The Claw, Torsion Artillery and Rome's Long Siege
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!For about 50 years King Hiero II kept Syracuse a loyal ally of Rome. After his death his grandso...
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Siege of Tyre 332 BC: Alexander's Ocean Causeway and the Tyrian Fireship
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 332 BC Alexander needed to deny the Persian navy its Phoenician bases, and the richest was Ty...
11 Okt 20min
Issus 333 BC: Outflanked Alexander Gives Up the Chase to Save His Army
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 333 BC a 23-year-old Alexander was marching down the coast of Asia Minor, taking ports like M...
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Gaugamela 331 BC: Alexander's Sidestep March and Darius's Scythed Chariots
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After his defeat at Issus in 333 BC, the Persian king Darius III sent Alexander three escalating...
11 Okt 24min
Ain Jalut 1260: Qutuz, Baibars and the Ambush That Halted the Mongols
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1260 the Mamluk sultan Qutuz cut the envoys of the Mongol commander Hulagu in half and mounte...
11 Okt 20min
Nelson at Trafalgar: Breaking the Line and the Ride Home in Brandy
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In early 1805 Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson ran a loose blockade of Toulon, hanging back over the ...
11 Okt 25min
The Gurkhas: From the Anglo-Nepalese War to Joanna Lumley's 2009 Win
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The names Gurkha and Gorkhali trace to the warrior saint Guru Gorakhnath, whose shrine stood in ...
11 Okt 21min
Swiss Guard: The 1527 Sack of Rome to Glocks Under Renaissance Wool
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Pontifical Swiss Guard looks like a museum exhibit but works as a modern protection unit. Po...
11 Okt 23min
