Tarentum in southern Italy may have been a Spartan colony, but when it was under pressure from first its Italic neighbours and then Rome itself, it preferred to call in some help from abroad.
In this episode the Ancient Warfare team discuss the latest episode of the magazine which covers Hellenistic mercenary armies in Southern Italy.
AWA: Last Stands
AWA: What was the aftermath of battle like?
AWA: How did the Celts fight the Greek Phalanx?
AW124 - Barbarians
AWA: Cavalry shock tactics without stirrups?
AWA: What do we know about the Persian Immortals?
AWA: Were late Roman armies as bad as they say?
AWA: Did the Romans uses phalanx tactics?
AW119 - Rise of the Legion
AWA: How did the Romans adapt to cavalry enemies?
AWA: How were mercenaries recruited?
AWA: Were Pila designed to bend?
AW115 - Rams and Ramming
ANA: How did Ancient Greek cavalry operate without the stirrup?
AWA: Why did Sparta adopt the Macedonian Phalanx?
AWA: Could Boudicca have won?
Warfare in Hellenistic Asia Minor
AWA: If the Roman Legion was superior to the phalanx how could Hannibal use such inferior methods and defeat the Romans for years?
AWA: Did the Romans downplay their navy before the first Punic war?
AWA: Female Warriors seem to have come from steppe nomad cultures. Were there any others?
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