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.
Hello and welcome to A History Of: Hannibal. In this episode we introduce the series, say what we will be covering and cover our two main sources for the period, Polybius and Livy.
This week we introduce the Romans, well we begin to. We take a look at the Roman constitution.
This week we continue our introduction of the Romans. We take a look at the Roman Army, Roman religion and ancient geography.
This week we finish our introduction of the Romans. We take a look at Roman history from the revolution which threw out the kings through to the conquest of southern Italy.
This week we introduce Carthage. We have a look at Carthaginian government, Carthaginian Military and Carthaginian History.
This week we cover the First Punic War up to the Sack of Agrigentum and I announce a secret project.
This week we get into classical naval technology as well as bringing the First Punic War from the Sack of Agrigentum to the Roman invasion of Africa.
This week we cover the disaster that was Rome's invasion of Africa and the genius that was Xanthippus.
This week we cover Rome's attempts to recover after the invasion of Africa, and attempts to recover from that recovery and then recover from that recovery etc. Featuring special guest Jordan Harbour of the Twilight Histories Podcast.
This week we cover the beginning of the siege of Lilybaeum as well as why the episode is a week late.
