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#121 – Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves
The sixth and final battle of the Successors was fought at Corupedium, west of Sardis, in Feb 281. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber, please register. If you want to listen…
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#120 – And Then There Were Two
It's 282 BCE. The only two guys left from the original bunch of successors are Lysimachus, who is now about 78, and Seleucus, who is 76. Friends and colleagues for 60 years, they now prepare go to battle to see who will be the last man standing. In this episode we review Lysimachus' last 40…
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#119 – Demetrius’s Downfall
The scale of Demetrius Poliocortes's buildup threatened all of the other kings. So they formed a coalition against him. It was the Fifth War Of The Successors. register. If you want to listen to the first episode for free, get instructions here. Sign Up or Login to listen to our premium episodes…
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#118 – I Won’t Back Down
Demetrius Poliocortes prepares a massive invasion of Asia. He could have just stayed in Macedon and stabilised his relatively recent kingship, but he won't back down. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player.…
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#117 – King Of Macedon
The Big D is finally the King of Macedon. But how long can he hold on to the throne? Lysimachus is taken prisoner by a barbarian king. And hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any...
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#116 – See See Athens
The Big D returns to Athens. Cassy's teenage sons fight each other, kill their mum, and then both get betrayed and killed themselves. Selly's son falls in love with his step-mother – and Selly gives her to him. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or...
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#115 – Hellenistic Philosophy
Big things were happening in Athens circa 300 BCE in the world of philosophy, with the beginnings of the schools of Epicurus and Zeno – aka the Epicureans and the Stoics. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast...
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#114 – A Bolt To The Mouth
Cassander dies, and his son inherits the kingdom of Macedon. Then HE dies, so Cassander's teenage sons jointly inherit the kingdom. Meanwhile Athens is in a famine and a civil war, and then to make matters worse, it is assaulted by Demetrius who had recently taken a catapult bolt to the mouth.…
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#113 – Don’t Give Up
Demetrius had fled Ipsus with several thousand men, mainly the cavalry he had been commanding. He holed up in Ephesus where he had a garrison. His last strength was command of the sea. And what do you do when all you have is a fleet? Piracy. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can...
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#112 – After Ipsus
After Ipsus, the surviving coalition kings divided up the Antigonid kingdom between themselves. But Demetrius isn't out of the picture yet. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber,...
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#110 – The Battle of Ipsus
Old Gonad himself, now 80 years old, broke his retirement and moved north into Asia Minor. So the big battle happened at Ipsus in Phrygia in Turkey. Each side had roughly 80,000 men. Ipsus was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic period. There were four kings and two future kings…
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#109 – The Lead Up To Ipsus
Demetrius is in Athens, pissing people off, left right and center. But hey, he thinks he's a god, so whaddya going to do? Then, when he's about to invade Macedon, Cassander sues for peace, which Demetrius and Antigonus reject. Which, as it turns out, was a huge mistake because it leads directly…
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#108 – The Colossus Of Rhodes
To show how grateful they were to Ptolemy, the Rhodians created a new cult to worship him as a saviour god. Demetrius got a new title out of the campaign too – Poliorcetes “the Besieger”. To celebrate their victory, the Rhodians also built one of the seven wonders of the ancient world – the...
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#107 – Antigonus Attacks Egypt
Antigonus and Demetrius attack Ptolemy in Egypt with 80,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry and 83 elephants marching by land from Syria, while 150 warships with another 40,000 men followed them by sea. When that doesn't go well, Demetrius decides to lay siege to the island of Rhodes. HOW TO LISTEN If...
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#106 – Age Of Empires
Enough is never enough. If you sit still, your competition may sneak up on you and take you out. Any resource you don’t own, is one your competitor owns. Be that resource soldiers, labourers, mines, timber, shipyards, or cash. I’ve been playing AGE OF EMPIRES again recently and I understand the...
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#105 – King Big Bang
Around 305 BCE, 18 years after Alexander’s death, there is suddenly a “big bang” of new kings, lead by Antigonus. Can you guess why they all happened around 305? HOW TO LISTEN If you’re already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If...
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#104 – The War For Cyprus
Gonad called Demi back from Athens because he wanted to help him take Cyprus from Tolly whose possession of Cyprus was a major obstacle to Gonad’s control of the sea. register. If you want to listen to the first episode for free, get instructions here. Sign Up or Login to listen to our premium...
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#103 – Building The Library
Our episode today is all about Demetrius of Phalerum, chosen by Ptolemy to help him build his masterpiece – the Great Library and Museum of Alexandria. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a...
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#102 – Antigonus Takes Athens
Antigonus sends Demetrius to attack Athens, evicting Cassander's tyrant who controlled the city for the previous decade, Demetrius of Phalerum, who has a much bigger project waiting for him. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes...
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#101 – The End Of The Argead Dynasty
And then, in 310 or 309, Cassy had Alexander IV and his mother Roxane poisoned and the 400 year old royal bloodline of Philip and Alexander is no more. But there is another son of Alexander – Heracles, his bastard son to Barsine, the Persian woman he lost his virginity to. HOW TO LISTEN If you're...
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#100 – Peace of the Dynasts
OUR 100th EPISODE! Antigonus, Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Cassander agree to a truce, which frees Antigonus up to kick Selly out of Babylon. Or so he thinks. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not…
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#99 – Selly Makes A Stand
In 311, while Antigonus was distracted with Ptolemy in Syria, Seleucus borrowed 1000 men from Ptolemy and marched back to his old satrapy, Babylon with the insane idea that he could take it back. Don't stop believin'. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below…
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#98 – Battle of Gaza
So Asia Minor once again is completely under Antigonus’ control. He can now focus on Greece and he puts his invasion plan into effect. But Lysimachus isn't going to make it easy. Meanwhile Demetrius and Ptolemy go toe-to-toe at the Battle of Gaza. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you...
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#97 – Cratesipolis
Cassander needs to act quickly to stablise his territories in Greece. So in the summer of 315, while Antigonus is still busy laying siege to Tyre, he re-invades the Peloponnese with the help of 50 of Ptolemy’s ships. Then he sends his most trusted general Prepelaus south to do a deal with...
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#95 – “Decree of the Macedonians”
Antigonus pulls a trick out of Polyperchon's hat and declares all of the Greek cities will be free and independent – IF they overthrow Cassander. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a...
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#94 – Face To Face
The first person to feel Antigonus' wrath is Seleucus who ends up fleeing to Egypt. Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Cassander send Antigonus a delegation insisting his restore Selly to his satrapy and stop being a one-eyed dick. He ignores them and they all go to the mattresses. Again. HOW TO LISTEN If...
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#93 – Sandy & Shanky
Chandragupta Maurya takes over India, fulfilling Alexander's dream. Pooch gets his comeuppance. And AntiG isn't prepared to deal. He wants it all. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a...
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#92 – The End Of Eumenes
Eumenes – the Greek secretary, rescued from anonymity by Philip, who studied tactics at the feet of both Philip and Alexander, who proved himself an excellent general, and remained loyal to the Argead line, but who was always shadowed by the fact he was a mere Greek – is finally betrayed by his…
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#91 – Battle of Gabene
Where Eumenes and Antigonus go toe-to-toe at the Battle of Gabene in modern Iran for round two of Macedonian Idol 317. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber, please register. If...
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#90 – Paraetacene
Where Eumenes and Antigonus go toe-to-toe at Paraetacene in modern Iran for round one of Macedonian Idol 317. Here's a pic of the Naqsh-e Rustam tombs I mention on the show. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast...
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#89 – U & The Pooch
Eumenes joins up with the eastern satraps, Peucestas and the Silver Shields, which forces Antigonus to join forces with Seleucus and Peithon. And then they go at each other. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast...
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#88 – Eumenes v Antigonus
Cassander is now de facto regent. But Polyperchon is still alive. * So is Antigonus – his ally for the moment – and Eumenes, who is trapped by Antigonus beyond the Taurus mountains. And Lysimachus and Seleucus and Ptolemy. So it isn’t over yet. Not by a long shot. register. If you want to listen…
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#87 – Cassander v Olympias
Olympias is the mistress of Macedon! But not for long. Cassander finally heads back home and confronts her. Is this how it ends for the mother of Alexander? HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're...
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When the Athenians learn that Poly won’t be coming to save them, they surrendered to Cassander. Late in 317, Poly was in Epirus with Alexander IV. He was arranging for Olympias to return to Macedon, which she had finally agreed to do. She ends up leading an army – against Adea Eurydice. HOW TO...
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#85 – The Fall Of Phocion
Phocion and what’s left of his party are shipped to Athens by the White Clit where they are put on trial. Then Poly and Cassy fight over Athens. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a...
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#84 – Phocion’s Tight Pickle
It’s now looking very likely that Greece is going to become a theater of war between Cassander and Poly. Poly’s letter has pulled the rug out from underneath the most honourable man in Athens – Phocion. He’s 84 and as we’ve seen in earlier episodes, he only accepted the job of oligarch to try to...
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#83 – The Illusion of Freedom
We spend more time talking about the regular propaganda that various successors and kings would come out with over the years regarding Greek freedom and get into a discussion about the illusions we still have today about freedom – ours and other peoples'. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a...
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#82 – The Freedom Of The Greeks
It's now Polyperchon against Antigonus, Cassander and Eumenes. Polyperchon tries to get Olympias to come back to Macedon. He also offers Eumenes the position of Royal General of Asia – Antigonus’ title. Cassander manages to take Piraeus, the port of Athens. Which prompts Polyperchon to do…
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#81 – Polyperchon
By the time Antipater got back to Macedon, he was 80 years old, with only a few months to live. When he died, in the late summer of 319, it threw everything once more into chaos. On his deathbed, he passed his title “to Polyperchon”. And thus started the Second War of the Diadochi. HOW TO LISTEN…
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#80 – Horse Whipping
Eumenes is now all alone. His enemies are trying to bribe his commanders to desert him, so he gives them permission to plunder Antigonus' satrapy and keep the proceeds. Meanwhile Cassander tries to create tension between Antipater and Antigonus. Antipater meets Antigonus, they make peace, and...
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#79 – The Greek
We talk about lost sources of the events after Alexander, the garbage dumps of Oxyrhynchus, the Villa of the Papyri, Vatican palimpsests and multi-spectral imaging. Eumenes, the Greek private secretary who became the most successful general of the first War of the Diadochi, is trying to unite the...
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#78 – Triple Paradise
In the late summer of 320, the anti-Perdiccan camp held a conference at a place called Triparadeisus in Syria or Lebanon. Triparadeisus means ‘triple paradise'. Which is also a nasty sex act, but don't get us started on that. And a sixteen year old girl nearly turned the tables on all of them in…
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#76 – Perdiccas V Ptolemy
Perdiccas launches his invasion of Egypt to punish Ptolemy for the theft of Alexander's corpse. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber, please register. If you want to listen to…
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#75 – The Battle With No Name
So the first battle between the successors occurred late in May 320 in Cappadocia. It kicked off 40 years of bloodshed between Macedonians. It has no name. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're…
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#74 – The Quest For The Tomb
Our guest today is Andrew Chugg, who has dedicated much of his life to Sherlocking the final location of Alexander's corpse and tomb. He's written several books and been on documentaries. Check out his website. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or...
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Social historians agree that the Hellenistic period is when art, literature and philosophy started to examine the individual far more than before.- It’s hard to us to imagine, but in Classical greece, people didn’t think of themselves as individuals as we do today. They were the city-state. This...
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It had taken nearly TWO YEARS to prepare the casket and the catafalque for Alexander's corpse. It's one of the wonders of the world. And now it makes it's way to Macedon, drawn by 64 mules. But it doesn't get very far. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below...
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Perdiccas has to choose between two wives. And he has to tangle with one of history’s toughest teenage girls. Meanwhile Antigonus decides where his loyalties lie. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If...
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Perdiccas' grip on his empire continues to slip. Antigonus “One Eye” decides to ignore his command to invade Cappadocia, so Perdiccas has to invade it himself. He tortures and impales the king and all his relatives – and then moves on to lay siege to another town where the entire population…
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The Athenians expect their city to be razed, as Alexander had razed Thebes when it rebelled in 335. Hyperides was now discredited, along with his fellow advocate of revolt, Demosthenes. Both are hunted down by that most fearsome of predators – an out-of-work actor. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already…
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