Podcast Episodes

147: Orpheus

Season 2 Episode 147

We're taking a break from the historical narrative to focus on a mythological one: the life and times of Orpheus the Bard, from his many origin stories to the travels of the Argonauts to his eventual…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

146: Dating in the Family

Season 2 Episode 146

Like any good king, Antiochus I Soter had a royal family, and as his reign comes to an end, it's time to talk about them, from his brother in Anatolia to troublesome sons and wide ranging in-laws. He…

Published on 6 months ago

145: From Antiochus to Ashoka

After losing a large piece of the eastern empire to Chandragupta Maurya, the Seleucids didn't just ignore their eastern neighbors. In the later decades of Seleucus' reign, Megasthenes established dip…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

144: Pergamon et al.

Season 2 Episode 144

A grab bag episode to cover Seleukid politics in the last decade or so of Antiochus Soter's reign. We've got temples, cities, and rebellion. What more could you ask for?

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

143: The First Syrian War

Season 2 Episode 143

No sooner had Antiochus I defeated the new-found Galatians in Anatolia, than war erupted in the south. Magas, brother of Ptolemy II and self-declared King of Cyrene, formed a marriage alliance with A…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

142: Gauls With Gall

Season 2 Episode 142

After sweeping through the Balkans with their kin, three tribes of Gauls in Thrace drew the attention of the embattled Nicomeides of Bithynia as potential allies in his war against a Seleucid-backed …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Intelligent Speech Panels Tomorrow February 8!

Season 2

Intelligent Speech 2025 is coming! The event will feature a gathering of excellent history podcasters THIS SATURDAY. That’s FEBRUARY 8, 2025 at 10:00am US Eastern Time for an all day event featuring …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

History of Persia Live at Intelligent Speech

Season 2

Intelligent Speech 2025 is coming! The event will feature a gathering of excellent history podcasters THIS SATURDAY. That's FEBRUARY 8, 2025 at 10:00am US Eastern Time for an all day event featuring …

Published on 8 months ago

141: The Age of Antiochus

Season 2 Episode 141

Antiochus I succeeded his father Seleucus in 281 BCE, and he was immediately plunged into a series of revolts, invasion, and crises in every direction. Ptolemy II was seizing land. The reconquest of …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

140: Meet the Neighbors Who Resisted

Season 2 Episode 140

By the time Seleucus Nicator was murdered, he had reunited much of Alexander the Great's Empire, but the northern and southwestern edges of the imperial map were rapidly filling in with new, smaller …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago