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068: The Second Punic War - Over the Mountains
068: The Second Punic War - Over the Mountains

With the destruction of the Celtiberian city of Saguntum in 219, much of the Mediterranean world was plunged into a state of warfare for nearly two d…

4 years, 7 months ago

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Interview: "Alexander's Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years" w/ Tristan Hughes
Interview: "Alexander's Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years" w/ Tristan Hughes

Fellow history podcaster Tristan Hughes (The Ancients Podcast) joins the show to discuss his new book, "Alexander's Successors at War: The Perdiccas …

4 years, 8 months ago

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067: Rome and Carthage Between the Punic Wars
067: Rome and Carthage Between the Punic Wars

The period from the signing of the Treaty of Lutatius in 241 until the siege of Saguntum in 219 is often passed over by those learning about the Puni…

4 years, 9 months ago

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Interview: Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Jewish Tradition w/ Dr. Joseph Scales
Interview: Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the Jewish Tradition w/ Dr. Joseph Scales

Thanks to his role in the Maccabean Revolt, Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid Empire played an important part in the history of Judaism. From th…

4 years, 9 months ago

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066: Antigonid Macedon - Philip V and the Social War
066: Antigonid Macedon - Philip V and the Social War

At only 18 years of age, Philip V was crowned with the diadem following the death of his uncle Antigonus III Doson in 221. Many believed that the boy…

4 years, 10 months ago

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065: Antigonid Macedon - The Last March of the Spartans
065: Antigonid Macedon - The Last March of the Spartans

Despite the failure of Agis IV to reform a weakened Sparta, a more politically astute (and ruthless) successor could be found in the rival Agiad hous…

4 years, 11 months ago

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064: Antigonid Macedon - Of Revolutions and Reforms
064: Antigonid Macedon - Of Revolutions and Reforms

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and the 240s and 230s saw several shakeups in the political order of Greece. Macedonia under Dem…

5 years ago

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Interview: On Hellenistic Federalism w/ Dr. Elke Close (Hellenistic History)
Interview: On Hellenistic Federalism w/ Dr. Elke Close (Hellenistic History)

The proliferation of the Greek Federal states, those such as Achaean and Aetolian Leagues, was a major political development in the Greek Peninsula d…

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063: Ptolemaic Egypt - Berenice's Lock and the Gates of Babylon
063: Ptolemaic Egypt - Berenice's Lock and the Gates of Babylon

As the power couple of the Mediterranean, Ptolemy III and Berenice II Euergetes (Benefactor)would oversee the apogee of Hellenistic Egypt. Ptolemy's …

5 years, 1 month ago

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062: Ptolemaic Egypt - Egyptians in a Greek Land
062: Ptolemaic Egypt - Egyptians in a Greek Land

The conquest of Egypt by Alexander and establishment of the Ptolemaic dynasty differed from previous foreign invaders like the Hyksos or the Persians…

5 years, 1 month ago

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