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126: Attalid Pergamon - Aristonicus and the City of the Sun
Following the aftermath of Pydna in 167, the Attalid dynasty in Pergamon enjoyed the next three decades as the most preeminent Greek power in the Aeg…
7 hours ago
125: Ptolemaic Egypt - East Africa, the Red Sea, and Nubia
At the height of their power, the Ptolemaic dynasty took a great interest in the lands that lay south of the Nile Valley and the waters of the Red Se…
1 month ago
124: Ptolemaic Egypt - Sound and Fury
Civil war in Egypt concludes after nearly a decade of strife, with Cleopatra II seeking support from the Seleucids before being reunited with her bro…
2 months ago
123: The Seleucid Empire - Wrath of the Goddess
As the army of Antiochus VII goes down in Media, Demetrius II returns to Syria after being released from Parthian captivity. Nobody is particularly h…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
122: Ptolemaic Egypt - The Good, the Bad, and the Fatty
Nearly twenty years of exile from Egypt did little to improve the mood of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon ("Potbelly" or "The Fatty"), and upon his…
3 months, 1 week ago
121: The Seleucid Empire - The Man They Called Sidetes
Demetrius' disastrous campaign against the Parthians meant that the Seleucid Empire was on its last legs. The only man capable of bringing the realm …
4 months ago
120: The Seleucid Empire - Writing on the Wall
The death of both Alexander Balas and Ptolemy VI in 145 meant that the throne belonged to Demetrius II Nicator. Yet another round of civil war would …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
119: The Rise of the Parthian Empire - From Arsaces to Mithridates I
As Rome consolidated the Mediterranean under their hegemony, the Parthians were poised to overrun Iran and Mesopotamia. Leading a small tribe from th…
5 months, 1 week ago
118: Graecia Capta - The Roman Conquest of Greece
Andriscus' defeat in Macedonia was not enough to quell the troubles of Greece, as the Achaean League was also on the warpath. The relationship betwee…
6 months ago
117: Antigonid Macedon - The Vergina Sun Never Sets...
Fifteen years after the last Antigonid ruler was deposed and the Macedonian kingdom abolished, a man by the name of Philip VI Andriscus claimed to be…
7 months ago