Everything You Think You Know About Ancient Battles Is Wrong... (NO AI)

Did ancient armies really sprint screaming across battlefields? Did Roman legionaries fight inside the testudo? Was the Greek phalanx just one giant rugby scrum? Hollywood has shaped much of what we think we know about ancient warfare, but the historical evidence paints a far more nuanced picture. Drawing on ancient sources including Thucydides, Xenophon, Julius Caesar, Polybius and Cassius Dio, alongside modern scholarship, this video examines five of the biggest myths surrounding Greek and Roman warfare and what the evidence actually tells us. History Study System: https://stan.store/Auctoritas/p/the-h... Free Newsletter: https://auctoritas.ie/newsletter Further Reading: Thucydides – History of the Peloponnesian War Xenophon – Hellenica Julius Caesar – Commentarii de Bello Gallico Polybius – Histories Cassius Dio – Roman History Adrian Goldsworthy – The Complete Roman Army Christopher Matthew – A Storm of Spears Victor Davis Hanson – The Western Way of War