Murray Dahm
@murray_dahm
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (223): What was salvaged from a battlefield? - https://t.co/hbTOZ1t790 with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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In the night before the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC, Alexander the Great finds inspiration in Homer’s Iliad. Learn more about the reading habits of ancient generals in @murray_dahm’s article in @ancientwarfare XIV.5: https://t.co/hBBLkzxrzt
#ClassicsTober #lamp
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (221): How did armies get potable water on campaign? - https://t.co/wbt9cfLz3X with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (220): What is a useful analogy for talking about ancient warfare? - https://t.co/qhAsmzbp0C with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (219): Respect for the Enemy - https://t.co/KVpC10AarB with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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In October 336 BC, king Philip II of Macedon was stabbed by one of his bodyguards, Pausanias, as he entered the theatre of Aegae (Vergina), and died on the spot. In our next issue of @ancientwarfare, we look at the Rise of Macedon during Philip’s reign 👉 https://t.co/tYn3CgunSp
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (218): What do the columns tell us about the wars depicted? - https://t.co/9PZd5h1rme with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (217): Why did generals write back to the senate about what they had done? - https://t.co/FQGKFobgu8 with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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A new episode of the Ancient Warfare podcast! Podcast Episode (216): Who is your favourite military author/ancient source? - https://t.co/2qXIjkUV9v with @historynetwork, @Lindsay_Powell, and @murray_dahm
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All About History 121 is out now, featuring: Aztec Empire 🦅 History of Pride 🏳️🌈 Halloween 🎃 Zenobia warrior queen 👑 Future of history 🔮 And more… Available now in print or digital: ➡️ https://t.co/KzsXXyhc1b Subscribe today: ➡️ https://t.co/6Q4KBSGlJE
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When thinking of the Battle of #Thermopylae in 480 BC, the final stand of the 300 Spartans comes to mind, yet Sparta was not the only city with an elite unit of 300 men: Thebes had the Sacred Band. More in @murray_dahm’s article in @ancientwarfare XIV.2 👉 https://t.co/Yy3u3csRgr
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Themes for Ancient Warfare Volume XVI - A new blog at Ancient Warfare: https://t.co/nl8uCpgtJi
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“Buried in a brother’s arms”: a lovely article by our colleague @murray_dahm
In the 19th century, a group of 254 skeletons was found nearby Chaeronea. It is believed to concern the remains of the Sacred Band of Thebes; soldiers and lovers who died #OTD in 338 BC fighting against Philip II and his Macedonians👉 @ancientwarfare XV.2: https://t.co/Hx8UYejz2x
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (200): Do the sources tell us anything about the Spartan warrior Arimnestus? - https://t.co/13gfTIt5tI with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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A new episode of the Ancient Warfare podcast! Podcast Episode (199): Ancient Warfare XV.4 Rise of the Legion Part II - https://t.co/GP1A1mi7C2 with @historynetwork, @Lindsay_Powell, and @murray_dahm
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A new Ancient Warfare Answers has been published! Ancient Warfare Answers episode (198): Why was the Greek phalanx so ineffective against the Romans? - https://t.co/CGtWoRPuNb with @murray_dahm and @clogfather1975
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