The Hellenistic Age Podcast
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The Hellenistic Age Podcast
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111: The Seleucid Empire - The Elephant in the (Throne) Room
With Antiochus IV Epiphanes’ death in Persia, the throne passed to the boy-king Antiochus V Eupator and his standing regent Lysias in 164. Between the...
110 Ptolemaic Egypt - Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
In the aftermath of the Sixth Syrian War, the tripartite division of authority between Ptolemy VI , Cleopatra II, and Ptolemy VIII was a tenuous one a...
109: The Seleucid Empire - A Sinful Root
Despite the humiliation at Eleusis in 167 and the troubles in Judea, Antiochus organizes an enormous festival in Daphne to rival the games of Lucius A...
108: The Seleucid Empire - The Maccabean Revolt
The tension between the various factions vying for power in Jerusalem leads to a crisis, when Antiochus IV retaliates by attacking the city and plunde...
107: Jews and Judaism from Alexander the Great to Antiochus III
In this episode, we delve into the history of the Jews – both in the homeland of Judea and the many communities of the Diaspora. From the conquests of...
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 survey...
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 conquest...
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 troubl...
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) a...
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 corrupt...
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 anticip...
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 strengt...
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...
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...
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 per...
Interview: The "Flight of Seleucus" and Dynastic Propaganda, with Angus Jacobson
It's never easy coming up with your own origin story, and the ascendant Hellenistic dynasties tried their best to justify their legitimacy in an age o...
098: Hellenistic Science - Mechanics, Engineering, and Technology
The developments in theoretical mathematics were also translated into practical (and sometimes impractical) applications during the Hellenistic period...
097: Hellenistic Science - Mathematics
The third century B.C. witnessed the greatest outburst of Greco-Roman mathematics in the entirety of antiquity. Euclid of Alexandria's "Elements" serv...
096: Hellenistic Science - Medicine and the Healing Arts
As the first episode in our series on science and technology, we begin by looking at the advancements in medicine during the Hellenistic Age. In Alexa...
095: Ptolemaic Egypt - The Two Lands Restored
Twenty years of chaos in the Ptolemaic kingdom come to an end during the reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180). His marriage to the Seleucid princess...
094: The Senate vs Scipio Africanus
Rome hoped that the Peace of Apamea would instill some sort of order over the eastern Mediterranean, allowing them to return to Italy after decades of...
093: The Seleucid Empire - The Peace of Apamea
The defeat at the Battle of Magnesia brings the war between Antiochus III and the Roman Republic to a close. Forced to evacuate all territory north of...
092: The Seleucid Empire - Magnesia
On invitation from the Aetolian League, Antiochus III invades the Greek mainland in September 192 and declares war against the Roman Republic. Though...
091: The Fifth Syrian War
The crisis in Egypt enabled Antiochus III to launch another invasion south into Ptolemaic territory, kickstarting the Fifth Syrian War (202-195) that...
090: Freedom of the Greeks
With the defeat of Philip V at Cynoscephalae, Flamininus was tasked with deciding the fate of Greece in the postwar period. At the Isthmian Games of 1...
089: Antigonid Macedon - Legion and Phalanx
No longer tied up by Hannibal, the vengeful Romans give their undivided attention to Philip V in the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BC). The king mana...
088: The Pact of the Kings
With the unexpected death of Ptolemy IV and the Great Rebellion in full swing, Antiochus III and Philip V form a secret pact to destroy the Ptolemaic...
087: Ptolemaic Egypt - The Great Revolt
The “Golden Age” of the Ptolemaic dynasty comes to an end as Ptolemy IV dies unexpectedly in 204. Greedy ministers looking to control the boy-king Pto...
086: The Attalid Kingdom of Pergamon
The Attalid dynasty that ruled over the city of Pergamon (modern Bergama) is the first Greek monarchy to arise outside of the Successor Kingdoms. Foun...
085 Antigonid Macedon - Storm Clouds In The West
Emboldened by his success in the Social War, Philip's desire for world conquest leads him to ally with Hannibal Barca against the Roman Republic in 21...
Interview: The Roman Republic at War with Dr. Bret Devereaux
The Roman Republic went from a regional power ruling over Italy to master of a Mediterranean-wide empire in under 50 years, warring against powerful s...
084: Rome Arrives in the Hellenistic East
During the Illyrian Wars of 229-228 and 219, the Roman Republic would intervene in the affairs of Greece for the first time. Their swift defeats of Qu...
083: Hellenistic Literature - Apollonius of Rhodes and the "Argonautica"
The “Argonautica”, written by the third century poet Apollonius of Rhodes, is the only surviving epic poem from the Hellenistic period. Recounting the...
082: Hellenistic Literature - Court Poetry and Propaganda
The various dynasties that rose from the ashes of Alexander's empire proved to be a lucrative source of income for aspiring poets. Ptolemaic Alexandri...
Bonus: The Antikythera Shipwreck
In April 1900, a crew of Greek sponge divers found a 2,000 year old shipwreck at the bottom of the sea of the small island of Antikythera. A century o...
081: Hellenistic Literature - Theocritus and Bucolic Poetry
Rather than writing tales of gods and heroes or flattering court panegyrics, the poet Theocritus of Syracuse (early second century B.C.) chose to foc...
080: Hellenistic Literature - Menander and New Comedy
The playwright Menander of Athens (342/341 – 290 B.C.) was the most renowned comedic author of antiquity, surpassing even Aristophanes in popularity....
Bonus: Anchors Aweigh - The Seleucid Anchor and Imperial Iconography
The anchor was the most recognizable image associated with the Seleucids, who used it as their dynastic seal to symbolize their royal authority. Its o...
Interview - The Kushan Empire with Dr. Lauren Morris
The Kushans were the premier dynasty of the Yuezhi, a nomadic confederation that migrated and settled in northern Bactria during the mid-to-late secon...
Interview: Globalization in the Ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean with Dr. Serena Autiero
The period from the first century B.C. through the third century A.D. saw a time of unprecedented economic contact between the Mediterranean world (un...