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Interview: On the Army of Ptolemaic Egypt w/ Dr. Paul Johstono
Though the longest-lived and most wealthy of the Hellenistic "Big 3", the Ptolemaic rulers in Egypt have never really held the distinction as a major…
5 years, 9 months ago
055: The Seleucid Empire - Syrian Nights, Macedonian Dreams
As the most prolific of city-founders, the Seleucids sought to dramatically reshape the lands of the Near East and most especially North Syria, which…
5 years, 10 months ago
Interview: On the Illyrian Wars w/ Dr. Christopher Gribbin
The 1st and 2nd Illyrian Wars, fought between the Roman Republic and the peoples of Illyria (approximately modern Albania to Croatia) in 229-228 and …
5 years, 10 months ago
054: The Seleucid Empire - Kingship & Governance in the Arche Seleukia
To rule over the largest and most diverse empire of the Hellenistic realms, the Seleucids needed to deal with serious logistical and administrative c…
5 years, 11 months ago
053: The Bosporan Kingdom - Greeks of the Crimea
Straddling the Strait of Kerch in the Northern Black Sea, the Bosporan Kingdom provides an unusual case study within the Hellenistic period. Original…
5 years, 11 months ago
052: Mapping the Oikoumene - Explorers & Exploration of the Hellenistic World
Though they viewed themselves as the civilized center of the world, the Greeks had always expressed a curiosity for what lay on the periphery. The co…
6 years ago
051: Peoples of the Steppe - Scythians & Saka to Parthians & Yuezhi
The world of the nomads who lived upon the Eurasian Steppe would face a radical transformation between the 4th-2nd centuries BC. Originally dominated…
6 years ago
050: A Q&A Celebration
With 49 episodes published, I decided to celebrate by making episode 50 a question and answer session, where I respond to topics fielded by listeners…
6 years, 1 month ago
049: Barbarians of the Black Sea - The Galatians & Odrysian Thrace
In this episode, we will be looking at two regions of Asia Minor and the Black Sea: the first is Galatia, home to the descendants of the Celtic tribe…
6 years, 1 month ago
048: Persian & Iranian Survival in a Hellenistic World
The conquest of the Achaemenid Persian Empire by Alexander the Great and his Successors did not spell the end of Iranian civilization. During the ear…
6 years, 1 month ago