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.
Latest episodes
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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 Scipio after the war. We conclude by looking at the short T…
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Episode 78 - Zama
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.
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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 home.
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Episode 76 - Utica
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.
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Episode 75 - Into Africa
This week Scipio invades Africa and Mago invades Italy.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 72 - Completing the Conquest
This 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 the…
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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 Carthage. We also include a brief discussion on how inaccurate anci…
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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 introduce Scipio Africanus into the narrative and take him t…
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Episode 69 - The Beginning of the End
This week we have the aftermath of the Metaurus.
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Episode 68 - Metaurus
This week we have the Metaurus.
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Episode 67 - Disastrously Well
This week we have the build up to the Metaurus.
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Episode 66 - Looming Spectre
This 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
This 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 C…
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Episode 64 - The Prolonged Battle
This 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…
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Episode 63 - Back to Italy
This 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
Hannibal 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 duel…
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Episode 61 - Greece 101
This 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…
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Episode 60 - Let's Talk Teutoburgerwald
This 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 t…