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The Hellenistic Age Podcast

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The Hellenistic Age Podcast

The Hellenistic Age Podcast

123: The Seleucid Empire - Wrath of the Goddess

July 02, 2026 5:51pm 28 min

As the army of Antiochus VII goes down in Media, Demetrius II returns to Syria after being released from Parthian captivity. Nobody is particularly happy to see him, including his (former) wife Cleopatra Thea, and the Sy...

122: Ptolemaic Egypt - The Good, the Bad, and the Fatty

June 18, 2026 8:38pm 30 min

Nearly twenty years of exile from Egypt did little to improve the mood of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon ("Potbelly" or "The Fatty"), and upon his return in 145 he unleashed a wave of violence and terror against his e...

121: The Seleucid Empire - The Man They Called Sidetes

May 26, 2026 12:53pm 43 min

Demetrius' disastrous campaign against the Parthians meant that the Seleucid Empire was on its last legs. The only man capable of bringing the realm back together was his brother, Antiochus VII Sidetes, who managed to sl...

120: The Seleucid Empire - Writing on the Wall

May 04, 2026 7:29pm 43 min

The death of both Alexander Balas and Ptolemy VI in 145 meant that the throne belonged to Demetrius II Nicator. Yet another round of civil war would soon follow Demetrius' increasingly unpopular reign, as the official Di...

119: The Rise of the Parthian Empire - From Arsaces to Mithridates I

April 14, 2026 6:56pm 43 min

As Rome consolidated the Mediterranean under their hegemony, the Parthians were poised to overrun Iran and Mesopotamia. Leading a small tribe from the steppes during the mid-third century B.C., the Arsacid dynasty establ...

118: Graecia Capta - The Roman Conquest of Greece

March 24, 2026 7:09pm 39 min

Andriscus' defeat in Macedonia was not enough to quell the troubles of Greece, as the Achaean League was also on the warpath. The relationship between Rome and the League since 167 had mostly been amicable, though not wi...

117: Antigonid Macedon - The Vergina Sun Never Sets...

February 22, 2026 7:07pm 20 min

Fifteen years after the last Antigonid ruler was deposed and the Macedonian kingdom abolished, a man by the name of Philip VI Andriscus claimed to be the lost heir of King Perseus. Though perceived as a charlatan, Andris...

116: The Third Punic War - Dido's Lament

February 08, 2026 3:29pm 37 min

Though the Romans expected an easy fight, the Carthaginians put up a valiant defense of their city that dragged on for three years. With no progress being made, command is assigned to Scipio Aemilianus, the adopted grand...

115: The Third Punic War - Delenda Est

January 19, 2026 9:06pm 33 min

“Carthage must be destroyed” – and with these words Cato the Elder doomed his North African rival by helping spark the Third Punic War, the last in a century of conflicts between Rome and Carthage. Deprived of its milita...

114: The Nabataean Kingdom

December 19, 2025 8:02pm 54 min

Starting from the early third century B.C., the Nabataean kingdom ruled over much of the Levant from the Sinai Peninsula to the Hejaz. Most known for their famous rose-colored capital city of Petra, the Nabataeans occupi...

113: The War of the Three Kings

November 23, 2025 7:16pm 24 min

Civil war continues to grip the Seleucid Empire, as Alexander I Balas is challenged by the young Demetrius II for the throne of Syria. Things come to a head when Ptolemy VI, tied by marriage to Balas through his daughter...

112: The Seleucid Empire - Breaking the Hammer

November 04, 2025 7:37pm 36 min

The newly enthroned Demetrius I Soter managed to instill a degree of order throughout the Seleucid realm, crushing the would-be king Timarchos in Babylonia and the rebellion of Judas Maccabee. Yet his behavior abroad ali...

111: The Seleucid Empire - The Elephant in the (Throne) Room

October 14, 2025 6:16pm 26 min

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 Maccabean Revolt, would-be usurpers, and arrogant Roman emissaries, f...

110 Ptolemaic Egypt - Two's Company, Three's a Crowd

September 20, 2025 9:48am 34 min

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 at best, having to deal with rebellions of ambitious courtiers and disg...

109: The Seleucid Empire - A Sinful Root

September 03, 2025 9:37pm 21 min

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 Aemilius Paulus in Amphipolis, showcasing the prosperity of the empire ...

108: The Seleucid Empire - The Maccabean Revolt

August 25, 2025 7:21pm 45 min

The tension between the various factions vying for power in Jerusalem leads to a crisis, when Antiochus IV retaliates by attacking the city and plunders its famed Temple in 168. A wave of persecutions against Jewish reli...

107: Jews and Judaism from Alexander the Great to Antiochus III

July 29, 2025 8:27pm 45 min

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 Alexander, the Jews navigated through a new paradigm that favored “Gr...

Interview: "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" with William Dalrymple

June 15, 2025 10:29am 46 min

Historian and broadcaster William Dalrymple (“The Company Quartet“, “Empire“) joins the podcast to discuss his latest book “The Golden Road“. A survey covering from antiquity to the early medieval period, the book seeks ...

106: Jewish Literature in the Hellenistic Age

May 31, 2025 9:56am 46 min

Among the various peoples of the ancient Mediterranean, few cultures possess such a extensive surviving corpus of texts as the Jews. With the conquest of Alexander and the widespread introduction of Greek culture, Jewish...

Bonus: Elizabeth Taylor's "Cleopatra" (1963)

March 30, 2025 7:00pm 25 min

“Cleopatra” (1963), a four-hour epic starring Elizabeth Taylor as the titular queen, is legendary in the history of filmmaking. Its notoriously troubled production made it one of the most expensive movies ever made and b...

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