134: Samrat – Meet the Neighbors

Chandragupta and Cāṇakya in the central hall of the Srimadbhagavadgita temple, Mathura via Wikimedia

While Macedon was consolidating and collapsing in the west, a new empire was on the rise in the east. Chandragupta Maurya and his teacher, Chanakya, were busy overthrowing the Nanda Dynasty and expanding their new kingdom to become one of the great powers of Indian history.
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016: Occupation and Genocide in Croatia

The Loggia of Trogir, c. 1910

Trevor is joined by Aurora and Roberto from Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) to form an unholy alliance of altogether too many podcasts and discuss how the United States occupied a slice of the Croatian coast after World War 1 and helped the newly formed Yugoslavia fend off Italian nationalists. Also, the Italians invent fascism along the way.
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2024 Holiday Special: Cyrus the Great Day

Cyrus the Great Day is an unofficial holiday in modern Iran, marking the anniversary of Cyrus the Great’s conquest of Babylon and celebrating the origins of the Iranian state. It has also been the center of controversy, revolt, and secular ambitions within the Islamic Republic for most of the last decade.
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133: Meet the Diadochoi

Demetrius’ Attack on Rhodes from Cassell’s illustrated universal history, 1882

After the death of Alexander IV, the former friends and generals of Alexander the Great held their breath, waiting almost a year to resume their wars. The Fourth War of the Diadochoi saw them claim their royal titles as the Successors as Cassander, Ptolemy, and Demetrius battled for dominance.
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132: Mystery Cults

Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries c.100 BCE, via Wikimedia

History of Persia dips its toes into the infamous Ancient Greek mystery cults to explore their role in Hellenistic religious life and what exactly makes them so mysterious anyway. Secret rituals, week long parties, and ancient drugs feature in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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131: Breaking Babylon

Chronicle 10 via Livius.org

Shortly before the end of the Third War of the Diadochoi, Seleucus set out with a small army to retake his satrapy in Babylon. After several years of neglect by Antigonus Monophthalmus, Seleucus retook the region easily. Before long he held all of the Upper Satrapies against Antigonus, but by the end of the Babylonian War, events in Macedon sundered the empire of Alexander the Great.
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015: Teresa Urrea and the Yaqui Revolt

Teresa Urrea la Santa de Cabora, c. 1900

Trevor was joined by Anthony from Disastrous History (@DisastrousHstry) to discuss the history of the Yaqui people of modern Sonora, their conflicts with Mexico, when those clashes crossed the border, and the story of a magical prophetess-healer-saint-revolutionary.
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130: The War for Empire

The Battle of Gaza between Demetrius and Ptolemy in 312 BCE, engraving 1812 CE

No sooner did the Second War of the Diadochoi end, than the Third began when Antiognus Monophthalmus attempted to seize control of the whole empire. Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander, and Lysander rallied against their former comrade as war spread from Palestine to Greece to Thrace.
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129: Chaos in the Upper Satrapies

Eumenes of Cardia, 17th Century woodcut

While Cassander and Polyphercon fought for the regency of Macedon, Antigonus Monophthalmus and Eumenes of Cardia fought for supremacy in the Upper Satrapies. The initially reluctant Peithon and Seleucus joined Antigonus to defeat the traitor Eumenes, and in the process, turn Antigonus into the most powerful man in the empire.
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128: Chaos on the Western Front

A bust supposedly depicting Antigonus Monophtalmus via Wikimedia

With the sudden death of Antipater, the Empire of Alexander the Great is thrown into chaos once again as the late regent’s son, Cassander forges and alliance to seize the reigns of power. Antigonus is hunting Eumenes. Polyphercon struggles in Greece. Ptolemy and Egypt are just quietly expanding, and titanic figures of ancient history are washed away.
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