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Interview: "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" with William Dalrymple
Historian and broadcaster William Dalrymple (“The Company Quartet“, “Empire“) joins the podcast to discuss his latest book “The Golden Road“. A surve…
1 year, 3 months ago
106: Jewish Literature in the Hellenistic Age
Among the various peoples of the ancient Mediterranean, few cultures possess such a extensive surviving corpus of texts as the Jews. With the conques…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus: Elizabeth Taylor's "Cleopatra" (1963)
“Cleopatra” (1963), a four-hour epic starring Elizabeth Taylor as the titular queen, is legendary in the history of filmmaking. Its notoriously troub…
1 year, 5 months ago
105: The Sixth Syrian War and Day of Eleusis
War over Coele Syria breaks out yet again. With the death of Cleopatra I, her three very young children (Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII, and Cleopatra II) …
1 year, 6 months ago
104: The Seleucid Empire - Madness and the Divine
The Seleucid realm experienced twelve unusual years of peace during the reign of Seleucus IV Philopator (187-175), but his alleged murder by a corrup…
1 year, 7 months ago
103: Antigonid Macedon - The First Domino Falls
After Rome’s declaration of war in 171, Perseus desperately attempts to stand his ground. When the “Third Macedonian War” drags on longer than antici…
1 year, 8 months ago
102: Antigonid Macedon - Sins of the Father
Despite a controversial rise to the throne, King Perseus showed himself to be an able ruler. Continuing his father’s policies of restoring the streng…
1 year, 10 months ago
101: Antigonid Macedon - A House Divided
The long reign of Philip V comes to an end after nearly 42 years on the throne. Following the defeat at Cynoscephalae, the Antigonid ruler spends the…
1 year, 11 months ago
100: Q&A #2 - Electric Boogaloo
Six and a half years since we first started this journey, we finally have reached episode 100. Taking the least original approach possible, I decided…
1 year, 11 months ago
099: Hellenistic Science - Geography and Astronomy
Our understanding the cosmos and our place in it has perplexed humanity for untold generations. The astronomers and geographers of the Hellenistic pe…
2 years ago