Hannibal And The Punic Wars
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 30:05:16
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Synopsis
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 am updating the back-catalogue. Presently episodes 4 through 17 need to be re-recorded; so bear with me.
Episodes
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Episode 79 - Epilogue
03/08/2016 Duration: 23minThe 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.
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Episode 78 - Zama
28/07/2016 Duration: 16minIn this week, our penultimate episode, we cover the battle of Zama. Scipio finally fights Hannibal. This brings to a close the Second Punic War.
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Episode 77 - Great Plains
26/07/2016 Duration: 16minThis week we cover the Battle of the Great Plains, and close the Italian theatre of the war as Hannibal finally goes home.
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Episode 76 - Utica
24/02/2016 Duration: 18minThis 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.
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Episode 75 - Into Africa
27/11/2015 Duration: 15minThis week Scipio invades Africa and Mago invades Italy.
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Episode 74 - The Debate
20/10/2015 Duration: 33minThis week we wrap up events in Sicily, but the main focus is the epic senate debate between Fabius and Scipio.
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Episode 73 - Housework
12/10/2015 Duration: 23minThis week we watch Scipio tie up all the loose ends in Spain before moving back to Italy to take the consulship.
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Episode 72 - Completing the Conquest
05/10/2015 Duration: 22minThis week the podcast returns to something resembling a normal schedule! We watch Scipio be victorious over Hasdrubal, who fled to Italy, and then over Gisco to win the Spanish theatre of the war.
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Episode 71 - Scipio in Spain
20/09/2015 Duration: 11minThis week we continue Scipio's adventures in Spain, focusing much of the episode on his brilliant capture of New Carthage. We also include a brief discussion on how inaccurate ancient sources are, specifically when they say Gaul had a population of two hundred million people.
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Episode 70 - Spain Again
13/09/2015 Duration: 14minThis week we travel back to Spain to look at an incident between Nero and Hasdrubal, a prelude to the Metaurus. We then introduce Scipio Africanus into the narrative and take him to Spain, where he plans an attack on New Carthage.
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Episode 69 - The Beginning of the End
09/09/2015 Duration: 08minThis week we have the aftermath of the Metaurus.
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Episode 67 - Disastrously Well
02/09/2015 Duration: 14minThis week we have the build up to the Metaurus.
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Episode 66 - Looming Spectre
30/08/2015 Duration: 16minThis week we look at the aftermath of the death of Marcellus, before moving on to 207 and the looming menace in the north of Italy that was Hasdrubal.
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Episode 65 - The Roman Milner
26/08/2015 Duration: 13minThis week we have a jam-packed episode. Fabius takes Tarentum, we have the consular elections of 208, the death of Marcellus and, most importantly, we examine just why Manchester City need to make sure that James Milner signs a new contract.
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Episode 64 - The Prolonged Battle
23/08/2015 Duration: 14minThis week we bring the narrative into 209, looking at the eventful election of Fabius and Fulvius to the consulship and the three day battle of Canusium. Also features a tangent on Narnia.
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Episode 63 - Back to Italy
19/08/2015 Duration: 12minThis week we finally return to Italy. We recap just where we were in the narrative in 211, look at the consular elections for 210, the siege of Tarentum and the battle for Salapia.
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Episode 62 - War in Greece
16/08/2015 Duration: 14minHannibal is back! This week we cover the war in Greece, often called the First Macedonian War. We see just how things faired as the Romans, Macedonians, Achaeans and Aetolians duelled for control of the country.
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Episode 61 - Greece 101
12/08/2015 Duration: 17minThis week we turn to the fifth theatre of the war, Greece. We have a high speed historical overview, before getting into the narrative with Philip V of Macedonia in 217. Featuring special guest Rob Monaco of The Podcast History of Our World.
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Episode 60 - Let's Talk Teutoburgerwald
09/08/2015 Duration: 01h05minThis week we are joined by token Welshman Tom Vaudin for Let's Talk Number 4 - Teutoburgerwald. As my friend Tom is something of a specialist on the Teutoburgerwald we talk about the lead up to the battle, the battle itself and the aftermath, as well as the Roman army in the early imperial period. Now this is a Let's Talk, so we must have tangents. We talk about The Hobbit, Les Miserable, the geography of Mordor, Manchester City's excellent run of form, the disasters that have befallen Manchester United (YES!) and a very detailed analysis of the first Formula One test of 2014 at Jerez, with particular attention given to the problems that Red Bull are having.