What were borders like in the ancient world? Were there hard borders which stopped imperial expansion? Jasper gives us his opinion.

Were the Theban Sacred Band trained to target officers? Murray gives us the answer.

In this episode the Ancient Warfare team are between issues of the magazine, so Mark suggested they discuss coups in the ancient world.

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Jasper explains how the Praetorian Guard became such a powerful force.

Hugo watching on youtube writes, “it's said that Hannibal took armour and weapons from the dead Romans so he must have used tactics without the phalanx. Do you agree?"

Murray gives his opinion.

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