Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on the failure of Hellenistic armies,…

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30.03.2024

Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I've had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week's fireside to muse a…

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06.04.2024

Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second century BC. Last time we…

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13.04.2024

Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024 – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I've had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an effort to…

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