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How Ancient Rome and its enemies financed their armies with Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor is an assistant professor of history and holds a PhD in Greek and Roman history. He has also served as an officer in the California National Guard, with deployments to Iraq and Kosovo. He recently wrote a book on the finances of the Roman Republic and rival kingdoms and how they supported their military forces. Soldiers & Silver (University of Texas Press, 2020)

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How the ancient Persians managed to create and hold a vast empire with Sean Manning

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How the ancient Persians managed to create and hold a vast empire with Sean Manning

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Dr. Sean Manning has studied the ancient Persians and their way of war for years and wrote his PhD thesis on the subject. He released a book on the subject and we talked about Persian warfare and government especially in relation to the Greeks. Armed Force in the Teispid-Achaemenid Empire: Past Approaches, Future Prospects (Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh, 2020)

Sofia Loden discusses Sweden and French knightly romances https://wp.me/p7CDU9-57e

James Miller discusses JPL unmanned missions http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/766

1:06 – Sean talks about Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great.

2:39 – Sean talks about how he got into ancient studies.

3:30 – Sean talks about how ancient Persian has been studied in the past.

7:43 – Sean talks about how ancient armies were formed.

13:32 – Sean talks about the chronology of conquest.

14:40 – Sean talks about how this small group created an empire.

17:45 – Sean talks about how this empire was able to fight in some many different terrains.

19:47 – Sean talks about how these armies fed themselves.

22:27 – Sean talks about where resources were found in this area.

24:38 – Sean talks about trade routes in the area.

26:50 – Sean talks about languages in this area.

29:19 – Sean talks about language in militaries.

33:00 – Sean talks about the system of conscription in use with these militaries and the ordinary soldiers.

37:02 – Sean talks about the long term history of this period.

38:25 – Sean talks about military footwear.

40:44 – Sean talks about his resources.

46:56 – Sean talks about ancient Persian historians.

49:49 – Sean talks about modern researchers repeating incorrect military narratives from the past.

51:42 – Sean talks about wanting more information about ancient chronology.

54:02 – Sean talks about the ordinary people in these ancient empires.

56:19 – Sean talks about who was placed in charge of smaller kingdoms.

1:04:15 – Sean talks about where his sample chapter is located and where to find his work on line.

1:07:15 – Sean has a website at at bookandsword.com

Links of interest

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https://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/62068.html

Free book sample: https://www.steiner-verlag.de/titel/9783515127752.html the free sample chapter / Probekapitel is the grey button in the upper left

Dissertation on which the book was based http://diglib.uibk.ac.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubi:1-30064

https://bookandsword.com/

https://mobile.twitter.com/@Lil2En

Sofia Loden discusses Sweden and French knightly romances https://wp.me/p7CDU9-57e

James Miller discusses JPL unmanned missions http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/766

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For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Sean Manning

Host: Cris Alvarez

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How Ancient Rome and its enemies financed their armies with Michael Taylor

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Michael Taylor soldiers and silver

How Ancient Rome and its enemies financed their armies with Michael Taylor

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Interview Timeline

Michael Taylor is an assistant professor of history and holds a PhD in Greek and Roman history. He has also served as an officer in the California National Guard, with deployments to Iraq and Kosovo. He recently wrote a book on the finances of the Roman Republic and rival kingdoms and how they supported their military forces. Soldiers & Silver (University of Texas Press, 2020)

Scott Peeples talks about Edgar Allan Poe https://wp.me/p7CDU9-56x

James Miller talks about trying to orbit and land on an asteroid http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/734

1:05 – Michael talks about how he got into studying the Roman military.

2:10 – Michael talks about he focuses on the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

4:02 – Michael talks about Rome’s rivals in this period.

7:15 – Michael talks about the sort of militia systems the five big powers had.

11:38 – Michael talks about how these kingdoms prepared for wars.

16:22 – Michael talks about how poor Rome actually was during its wars.

22:05 – Michael talks about the types of governments among the Romans and their rivals.

29:58 – Michael talks about how the Hellenistic kingdoms negotiated peace treaties.

34:26 – Michael talks about outfitting these militaries and the big war machines.

38:27 – Michael talks about how weapons were distributed to soldiers.

40:31 – Michael talks about the maintenance of fleets and war elephants. He goes into details about the Roman rams that had been discovered about ten years ago.

43:38 – Michael talks about how much their budgets went into war.

46:13 – Michael talks about the resources he used for his research.

52:53 – Michael talks about Carthage.

54:57 – Michael talks about Carthage after the Punic Wars.

1:01:41 – Michael talks about some of the human tragedy found in the ancient world. He discusses the Roman slave trade.

1:06:54 – Michael touches on war and the trans-Atlantic African slavery.

1:14:26 – Michael’s work can be found on academia.edu/mtaylor and on twitter @drmichaeljtayl1.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3qqbD4r

https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/taylor-soldiers-and-silver

https://albany.academia.edu/MTaylor

https://twitter.com/drmichaeljtayl1

Scott Peeples talks about Edgar Allan Poe https://wp.me/p7CDU9-56x

James Miller talks about trying to orbit and land on an asteroid http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/734

Contact Information

For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify

Guests: Michael J. Taylor

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, University of Texas Press, Ancient history, Ancient war,

Check out this book here   https://amzn.to/3qqbD4r

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