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.
AWA266 - Which account of the battle of the Milvian Bridge is the most convincing?
AW265 - Thutmose III at war
AWA264 - What do we know about ancient fire signalling?
AWA263 - How did Murray become such a generalist?
AWA262 - How did the ancients hire mercenaries?
AW261 - An Audience with Murray Dahm
AWA260 - Did the ancients use volley fire?
AWA259 - Ancient Assassins
AWA258 - Did Alexander introduce Pankration to India?
AW257 - What should the magazine explore?
AWA256 - Did any armies use field artillery against the Macedonian phalanx?
AWA255 - Did the Ancients use verbal insults on weapons?
AWA254 - How did Rome's Italian allies fight?
AW253 - The Late Roman East
AWA252 - Why Javelins?
AWA251 - Large-Scale Experimental Archaeology
AWA250 - The Last Documented Roman Legion
AW249 - The 19th-century foundations of Classical Greek warfare, with Roel Konijnendijk
AWA248 - What if Alexander had turned west?
AWA247 - What do we know about the Skiritai?
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