AH14 - Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies
Release Date: 02/01/2025
AH23 - The World of Homer
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Michael B. Cosmopoulos about the history and archaeology behind the Homeric epics, the nature of oral poetry and social memory, and how these elements contributed to the creation of the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.
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AH22 - What is Ancient History? With Walter Scheidel
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, we speak to Walter Scheidel, the most cited Roman historian in an active faculty position, about the history of the study of ancient Greece and Rome, how this area of study came to mean 'ancient history', and what the future of the subject looks like.
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AH21 - YouTube with Erica Stevenson
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode of the podcast, we speak to , host of the YouTube channel , about making Classics content for YouTube, the difference between Classics and Ancient History, and bringing the ancient world to new audiences.
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AH20 - Fulvia with Jane Draycott
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode we talk to Jane Draycott about Fulvia, the politics of the Roman Late Republic, and women's position within Late Republican Roman society, including marriage, childbirth, and informal political power.
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AH 19 - The House of the Satrap with Rhyne King
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode, we talk to Rhyne King about the satraps of the Achaemenid Empire, their responsibilities, how one became a satrap, and how the satrapal system contributed to the stability of the Achaemenid Empire.
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AH18 - History, myth, and folktale
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode of the Ancient History Podcast, I share my thoughts on Daniel Ogden's new book, The Tyrants of Corinth, and discuss the relationship between history, myth, and folktale.
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AH17 - Standing Among the Spartans
Ancient History Podcast
In this episode, we talk to Philip Davies about social status in ancient Sparta, how the homoioi were not all equals, and the many ways a Spartan could gain or lose social status. .
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AH16 - The Xiongnu Empire with Bryan K. Miller
Ancient History Podcast
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 for more details.
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AH15 - Race and Racism in Ancient Greece
Ancient History Podcast
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.
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AH14 - Soldiers, Wages, and the Hellenistic Economies
Ancient History Podcast
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.
info_outlineIn 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.