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 journey to the underworld.
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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’s in his Seleucid Era.
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America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 3, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Patriot War, a failed Canadian Revolution where the US somehow managed to fight and lose on both sides.
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Guillet – The lives and times of the patriots; an account of the Rebellion in Upper Canada
Bonthius – The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism with a Gun?
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Ducharme – Closing the Last Chapter of the Atlantic Revolution
Forcese – Destroying the Caroline: The Frontier Raid that Reshaped the Right to War
Kilbourn – The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada
Kinchen – The Rise and Fall of the Patriot Hunters
Read – The Rising in Western Upper Canada 1837-8: The Duncombe Revolt and After
Sewell: Mackenzie: A Political Biography
Waxman – The Caroline Affair in the Evolving International Law of Self-Defense
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 diplomatic ties between the two eastern kingdoms. In the generations that followed, diplomacy and trade helped to stabilize both the Maurya and the Seleucids.
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America: Secret Wars is back with a five part series about the skirmishes between the US and Canada that almost led to a third war with the British Empire in the 1830s. In Part 2, Trevor is joined Bailey and Nic from Totalus Jeffianus (@jeffianus.bsky.social) to discuss the Aroostook War, a conflict between the United States, British New Brunswick, and the forces of nature.
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Aroostook War Songs:
Greenwood & Burns – Aroostook War Fighting Song
Wallace House – The Soldier Song (Aroostook War)
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Campbell and Campbell – The Aroostook War of 1839
Meander Maine – The Pork and Beans War
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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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 Antiochus before fighting a war of succession against his brother, dragging the Seleucid Empire along for the ride.
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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 opponent. The Gauls crossed the Bosporus and swept through Nicomeides enemies with ease before turning their sites on the war torn regions of Seleucid Anatolia.
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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 presentations, panels, and live Q&A with a ton of history podcasts. If that doesn’t convince you, this episode is last year’s History of Persia panel. Get those tickets ASAP!!!
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Featuring:
Derek – The Hellenistic Age
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Umberto – So You Think You Can Rule Persia
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Bry – Pontifacts
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Get tickets to Intelligent Speech February 8, 2025!
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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 presentations, panels, and live Q&A with a ton of history podcasts. If that doesn’t convince you, this episode is last year’s History of Persia Presentation. Get those tickets ASAP!!!
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Video Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHp9g9cg5to&ab_channel=IntelligentSpeechOnline
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