Ancient History Podcast

Ancient History Podcast

Podkast av Owain Williams

The Ancient History podcast is the companion podcast of Ancient History Magazine, a publication dedicated to exploring the ancient world. Each episode will feature a new guest to discuss their research, a new book, or talk about ancient history, from Greece and Rome to Mesopotamia and China, and everything in between.

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17 Episoder
episode AH16 - The Xiongnu Empire with Bryan K. Miller artwork
AH16 - The Xiongnu Empire with Bryan K. Miller

In this episode, we discuss the rise and fall of the Xiongnu Empire, stereotypes of nomadic pastoralists, and the administrative intricacies of ruling a nomadic empire.    Enjoy the podcast, so why not subscribe to the magazine? Click here [https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/pages/subscribe-or-renew-ancient-history] for more details.

01. apr. 2025 - 59 min
episode AH15 - Race and Racism in Ancient Greece artwork
AH15 - Race and Racism in Ancient Greece

In this episode, we talk to Christopher Parmenter about racism in ancient Greece, how it differed from modern racism, and how commodity biography offers a useful theoretical tool for understanding it.

01. mars 2025 - 58 min
episode AH14 - Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies artwork
AH14 - Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies

In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Charlotte van Regenmortel about the changes to the systems of recruitment in the late Classical and early Hellenistic periods, the importance of wage labourers in early Hellenistic armies, and how the military labour market impacted the wider Hellenistic economies.

01. feb. 2025 - 55 min
episode AH13 - The Trouble with Ancient DNA artwork
AH13 - The Trouble with Ancient DNA

In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Anna Källén about ancient DNA, the limitations of and issues with current studies of ancient DNA, and what can be done to make the study more transparent.

01. jan. 2025 - 55 min
episode AH12 - In Blood and Ashes: A Review artwork
AH12 - In Blood and Ashes: A Review

In this episode of the podcast, I take a look at the book In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece by Jessica L. Lamont, exploring the content of book, the subject of Greek curse tablets, and my overall thoughts about the book.

01. des. 2024 - 23 min
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