A frozen Lake Peipus played host to a dramatic fight between 2,000 Catholic Crusaders and 6,000 Orthodox Christians on 5th April, 1242.
The invading forces were the Teutonic Knights, armed with spears and swords to ‘Christianize’ what they saw as a Pagan society. Novgorod’s defender, Prince Alexander Nevsky, lured the Germans to the lake, where his troops co ... Show More
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Best Of 2025: The 'New Coke' Debacle
Happy New Year, Retrospectors! We’ll return with new episodes from Monday 5th January, but in the meantime the team have been choosing their favourite episodes from 2025 that are worthy of a second listen. First up, Olly has selected our conversation about ‘New Coke’. Coca-Cola w ... Show More
15m 28s
Dec 19
Retrospectors Quiz of the Year 2025
How much have YOU learned from this year’s show? It’s time for our annual trivia test, as Arion and Rebecca face Olly’s fiendishly difficult questions for 2025. And, for the first time, this year you can PLAY ALONG! Just click the link here 👇 https://forms.gle/ytZpWTei392F7YvCA ... Show More
27m 11s
Jan 2023
Conversations: The Classic Blunder! 'Never get involved in a land war [with Sparta], Spartan Military w/ Roel Konijnendijk
Liv speak with Roel Konijnendijk who teaches at Oxford and specializes in ancient Greek warfare. Roel covers Spartan warfare, what made them different, and not so different from the rest of the ancient Greek city-states. Follow Roel on Twitter and check out the Ask Historians for ... Show More
1h 29m
Sep 2016
EPISODE 1 “THE APPLE OF DISCORD”
ODYSSEY: THE PODCAST - my 14 episode, 24 hour sequel to Trojan War: The Podcast - is now recorded and waiting for you. Subscribe through your usual podcast provider, or go to odysseythepodcast.com!
THE STORY: (40 minutes) Zeus, King of the Gods, hosts a wedding. An uninvited g ... Show More
49m 15s
May 2024
L'antimilitarisme, une passion française [Le Fil de l'Epée #17]
<p>Invité : Eric Fournier, maître de conférences à l’université Panthéon-Sorbonne, co-directeur de "A bas l’armée. L’antimiliarisme en France du XIXe siècle à nos jours" (Editions de la Sorbonne, 2023)</p><br><p>Définition et balbutiements de l’antimilitarisme au XIXe siècle (1:3 ... Show More
1h 15m
Jul 2022
Hannibal vs Rome: Terror at Trasimene
<p>Towards the beginning of the Second Punic War on 21 June 217 BC, a Carthaginian force under Hannibal launched a vicious ambush on a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius.</p><br><p>The resulting battle, at Lake Trasimene in Italy, saw a complete capitulation of the Roman for ... Show More
39m 10s