Episode 71 - Scipio in Spain

Hannibal and the Punic Wars

English - September 20, 2015 18:40 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 97 ratings
Society & Culture History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Episode 70 - Spain Again

Next Episode: Episode 72 - Completing the Conquest

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 ancient sources are, specifically when they say Gaul had a population of two hundred million people.