Hannibal and the Punic Wars

The final episode. We analyse the Second Punic War, and why Carthage lost. We then look at what happened to Hannibal and Scipio after the war. We conclude by looking at the short T...

In this week, our penultimate episode, we cover the battle of Zama. Scipio finally fights Hannibal. This brings to a close the Second Punic War....

This week we cover the Battle of the Great Plains, and close the Italian theatre of the war as Hannibal finally goes home....

This week the African war really gets underway. Scipio, Laelius and Masinissa duel with Hasdrubal and Syphax around Utica, while things go badly for Hannibal in Italy....

This week Scipio invades Africa and Mago invades Italy....

This week we wrap up events in Sicily, but the main focus is the epic senate debate between Fabius and Scipio....

This week we watch Scipio tie up all the loose ends in Spain before moving back to Italy to take the consulship....

This week the podcast returns to something resembling a normal schedule! We watch Scipio be victorious over Hasdrubal, who fled to Italy, and then over Gisco to win the Spanish the...

This week we continue Scipio's adventures in Spain, focusing much of the episode on his brilliant capture of New Carthage. We also include a brief discussion on how inaccurate anci...

This week we travel back to Spain to look at an incident between Nero and Hasdrubal, a prelude to the Metaurus. We then introduce Scipio Africanus into the narrative and take him t...

This week we have the aftermath of the Metaurus....

This week we have the Metaurus....