February 23, 2015
If you’re not already one of the many fans of Peter Adamson’s “History Of Philosophy Without Any Gaps” podcast, you will be by the end of […]
February 11, 2015
On this TWO AND A HALF HOUR episode, we go insane. I mean it – this is literally the most insane episode you’ve ever heard. WHY […]
January 30, 2015
On this TWO HOUR episode, we go into much more detail about the Third Sacred War, the state of Phocis, the god Apollo and pederasty (trust us, […]
January 13, 2015
On this TWO HOUR episode, you’ll hear how Philip II of Macedon invented lying, invented siege warfare (more or less), lost an eye and held down […]
January 6, 2015
Our first VIP episode! And apologies in advance for the sucky sound quality. We were calling Bob on his home telephone and I think it looked […]
December 28, 2014
King Philip bought some time with his peace treaties and marriages and used that time to re-engineer the Macedonian army and cavalry. In this (shortish due […]
December 23, 2014
Philip becomes king around age 23-24, and is immediately forced to deal with several invading armies and pretenders to the throne. As the Macedonian army was […]
December 15, 2014
In today’s episode, we give a quick tour of Greek history, starting in 1900 BCE and racing all the way up until the rise of Philip […]
December 4, 2014
The saga begins! We kick off the new series talking about why Alexander The Great is worth discussing – cavalry commander at 16, king at 20, […]