LATEST SERIES: Carchemish (C Episodes) - tracing the life and death of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms; PREVIOUS SERIES: The Ancient World - from the earliest human civilizations down through 500 BC; Rediscovery (R Episodes) - the stories of the modern scholars and adventurers who rediscovered the ancient world; Bloodline (B Episodes) - tracing the descendants of Mark Antony and Cleopatra over ten generations; Thea (T Episodes) - tracing the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire
…
continue reading
The Successors podcast explores the brutal, complex, and fascinating civil wars that ripped apart the Macedonian Empire after Alexander the Great's death.
…
continue reading
Podcast by The Hellenistic Age Podcast
…
continue reading
The Wars of the Jews (or The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem, or as it usually appears in modern English translations, The Jewish War – original title: Phlauiou Iôsêpou historia Ioudaïkou polemou pros Rhômaious bibliona) is a book written by the 1st century Jewish historian Josephus. It is a description of Jewish history from the capture of Jerusalem by the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164 BC to the fall and destruction of Jerusalem in the First Jewish-Roman War in AD 70. ...
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
099: Hellenistic Science - Geography and Astronomy
48:57
48:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
48:57
Our understanding the cosmos and our place in it has perplexed humanity for untold generations. The astronomers and geographers of the Hellenistic period were no different, looking to explain celestial phenomena and the nature of the Earth. Eratosthenes of Cyrene managed to calculate the circumference of the Earth to an astonishingly close value, H…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Interview: The "Flight of Seleucus" and Dynastic Propaganda, with Angus Jacobson
44:49
44:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:49
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 of shifting alliances. PhD candidate Angus Jacobson joins the show to discuss the "Flight of Seleucus" story presented to us by Libanius of Antioch (314-392 A.D.), offering insights as to how the Succe…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
098: Hellenistic Science - Mechanics, Engineering, and Technology
39:40
39:40
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:40
The developments in theoretical mathematics were also translated into practical (and sometimes impractical) applications during the Hellenistic period. New weapons of war like torsion catapults and enormous ships found their way on the battlefield, and this love for all things big extended to Rhodian architects who constructed their famous Colossus…
…
continue reading
Synopsis: Part 2 of a two-part Spotlight series on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Galerius: refugee, herdsman, soldier, Caesar, Augustus, Tetrarch, conqueror, schemer, would-be ruler of the (Dacian?) Empire, and persecutor of the Christians. A rollicking Third Century romp inspired by my current residence in his former tetrarchal capital of…
…
continue reading
Synopsis: Part 1 of a two-part Spotlight series on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Galerius: refugee, herdsman, soldier, Caesar, Augustus, Tetrarch, conqueror, schemer, would-be ruler of the (Dacian?) Empire, and persecutor of the Christians. A rollicking Third Century romp inspired by my current residence in his former tetrarchal capital of…
…
continue reading
The third century B.C. witnessed the greatest outburst of Greco-Roman mathematics in the entirety of antiquity. Euclid of Alexandria's "Elements" served as *the* textbook in the study of geometry for over two thousand years, while the archetypal mad scientist Archimedes of Syracuse allegedly was so fond of mathematical inquiries that it lead to his…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
096: Hellenistic Science - Medicine and the Healing Arts
40:13
40:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:13
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 Alexandria, Herophilus and Erasistratus became the first doctors to practice human dissections in any significant capacity until the Middle Ages, greatly improving our understanding of anatomy and physiolo…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
095: Ptolemaic Egypt - The Two Lands Restored
37:54
37:54
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:54
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 Cleopatra I Syra confirmed the loss of Coele Syria to Antiochus III, yet she proved to be a good match and helped secure the future of the dynasty. Haronnophoris and the Great Revolt are finally put …
…
continue reading
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 warfare. Yet the vacuum of power left behind in a post-Seleucid Asia Minor would lead to fierce competition, with those like Eumenes II of Pergamon and Pharnaces I of Pontus waging war against their …
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
Synopsis: Faced with a series of disloyal vassals, Sargon conquers the remaining Neo-Hittite kingdoms and absorbs them into his empire. The Cimmerian invasion of Anatolia leads to the deaths of two powerful kings. In their absence, the preservation of peace and stability falls to local rulers such as Azatiwadas of Quwe. “I am Azatiwadas, the Sun Go…
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
Synopsis: Rusa of Urartu wins early victories against Assyrian armies, but his intrigues in the Zagros kingdom of Mannea earn him Sargon’s wrath. After a crushing defeat by Cimmerian invaders, Rusa’s unable to prevent Sargon’s destruction of his kingdom. “I caused there to be lamentation in the wide land Urartu and in all the mountains, and I made …
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
093: The Seleucid Empire - The Peace of Apamea
19:03
19:03
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
19:03
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 the Taurus Mountains and saddled with an enormous indemnity, Antiochus' career comes to an abrupt end in Elymais after an unprecedented 35 years on the throne, leaving the Seleucid Empire at a crossr…
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
Synopsis: After defeating Syrian rebels at Qarqar and extending his dominion to the borders of Egypt, Sargon II labors to defend Tabal from the advances of Midas of Phrygia. Letters to Midas from Pisiri of Carchemish give Sargon a pretext to depose the Country Lord and annex his kingdom to Assyria. “In my fifth regnal year, Pisiri of the city Carch…
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading
More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Josephus
…
continue reading