Wolfmen and amazons: why did the Greeks and Romans demonise their neighbours?
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Welcome to the History Extra podcast. Fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. Fearsome Amazons. Men who turned into wolves, and And tribes
Who never grew old. Ancient Greek and Roman texts are packed with extraordinary descriptions of the people living beyond their borders. Here in conversation with Spencer Mizin, Dr. Owen Reese, who's written a new book on the subject, explores these classical superpowers sense of cultural superiority and reveals What we can learn about the ancient world is
by exploring life on their frontiers. So Owen, why do you think it's important that we look at the ancient world from The perspective of frontiers of But the boundaries. of empire rather than
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