Hannibal and the Punic Wars

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A History Of: Hannibal and the Punic Wars is a biweekly biography of everybody's favourite Carthaginian general. We follow Hannibal throughout his campaigns as well as looking at the Punic Wars at large. This is done through a mixture of lecture style episodes as well as more relaxed Let's Talk episodes; in which I invite guests onto the show to talk about Hannibal, Rome, Carthage, the Punic Wars and the ancient world in general. Please note, I have recently upgraded my recording equipment and...

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Episode 79 - Epilogue

Aug 3rd, 2016 3:15 PM

The final episode. We analyse the Second Punic War, and why Carthage lost. We then look at what happened to Hannibal and Scipio after the war. We conclude by looking at the short Third Punic War, in which Carthage was destroyed.

Episode 78 - Zama

Jul 28th, 2016 3:15 PM

In this week, our penultimate episode, we cover the battle of Zama. Scipio finally fights Hannibal. This brings to a close the Second Punic War.

Episode 77 - Great Plains

Jul 26th, 2016 9:15 PM

This week we cover the Battle of the Great Plains, and close the Italian theatre of the war as Hannibal finally goes home.

Episode 76 - Utica

Feb 24th, 2016 12:15 PM

This week the African war really gets underway. Scipio, Laelius and Masinissa duel with Hasdrubal and Syphax around Utica, while things go badly for Hannibal in Italy.

Episode 75 - Into Africa

Nov 27th, 2015 4:30 PM

This week Scipio invades Africa and Mago invades Italy.

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