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Interview: On the Parthian Empire w/ Dr. Nikolaus Overtoom
Dr. Nikolaus Overtoom joins us to discuss the Parthians and the Arsacid dynasty, a group that emerged from the Central Asian Steppes to come into con…
6 years, 5 months ago
042: The First Punic War - The Sicilian Wrestling Ground
The First Punic War, lasting from 264 to 241 B.C., was the longest uninterrupted war in the ancient world, fought between the Roman Republic and the …
6 years, 5 months ago
041: Polybius of Megalopolis - Historian of the Hellenistic Age
Polybius of Megalopolis (~200 - 118 B.C.) was a Greek nobleman and high ranking member of the Achaean League, whose political career was prematurely …
6 years, 6 months ago
040: Carthage - The Forgotten Mediterranean Empire
The city-state of Carthage , founded by Phoenician settlers in modern Tunisia during the 9th century B.C., was a premier power of the western Mediter…
6 years, 6 months ago
On Oliver Stone's "Alexander" w/ Trevor Culley (The History of Persia Podcast)
Though initially a critical failure upon release, subsequent re-cuts of the 2004 "Alexander" film by director Oliver Stone has been more positively r…
6 years, 7 months ago
039: Agathocles of Syracuse - Tyrant & King
In Greek Sicily, the rule of law was dominated by the tyrant, and no tyrant was more infamous than Agathocles (361 - 289 B.C.). For over three decade…
6 years, 7 months ago
038: Antigonid Macedon - A Glorious Servitude
By 272 B.C., the throne of Macedon now lay firmly in the hands of Antigonus II Gonatas. As a “philosoper-king”, the court of Pella would play host to…
6 years, 8 months ago
037: Antigonid Macedon - Gonatas & the Macedonian Anarchy
Antigonus II Gonatas, son and grandson of Demetrius I Poliorcetes and Antigonus I Monopthalmus, was not of the same military mold as his forebears, t…
6 years, 8 months ago
Interview: On the Seleucid Empire w/ Dr. Kyle Erickson
We are joined by Dr. Kyle Erickson in order to discuss his work on the Hellenistic period and the Seleucid Empire in particular. We discuss the strat…
6 years, 8 months ago
(Bonus) Philip II & the Rise of Macedon
Often neglected in favor of his more glamorous son Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon (r. 359 - 336 B.C.) was one of the most important figure…
6 years, 9 months ago