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Hannibal and the Punic Wars

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 lar... Read more

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Episode 79 - Epilogue

Episode 79 - Epilogue

The final episode. We analyse the Second Punic War, and why Carthage lost. We then look at what happened to Hannibal and... Read more

3 Aug 2016

23mins

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Episode 78 - Zama

Episode 78 - Zama

In this week, our penultimate episode, we cover the battle of Zama. Scipio finally fights Hannibal. This brings to a clo... Read more

28 Jul 2016

16mins

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Episode 77 - Great Plains

Episode 77 - Great Plains

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

26 Jul 2016

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Episode 76 - Utica

Episode 76 - Utica

This week the African war really gets underway. Scipio, Laelius and Masinissa duel with Hasdrubal and Syphax around Utic... Read more

24 Feb 2016

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Episode 75 - Into Africa

Episode 75 - Into Africa

This week Scipio invades Africa and Mago invades Italy.

27 Nov 2015

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Episode 74 - The Debate

Episode 74 - The Debate

This week we wrap up events in Sicily, but the main focus is the epic senate debate between Fabius and Scipio.

20 Oct 2015

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Episode 73 - Housework

Episode 73 - Housework

This week we watch Scipio tie up all the loose ends in Spain before moving back to Italy to take the consulship.

12 Oct 2015

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Episode 72 - Completing the Conquest

Episode 72 - Completing the Conquest

This week the podcast returns to something resembling a normal schedule! We watch Scipio be victorious over Hasdrubal, w... Read more

5 Oct 2015

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Episode 71 - Scipio in Spain

Episode 71 - Scipio in Spain

This week we continue Scipio's adventures in Spain, focusing much of the episode on his brilliant capture of New Carthag... Read more

20 Sep 2015

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Episode 70 - Spain Again

Episode 70 - Spain Again

This week we travel back to Spain to look at an incident between Nero and Hasdrubal, a prelude to the Metaurus. We then ... Read more

13 Sep 2015

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