122: Alexander in Love

Marriage of Alexander and Roxane, Il Sodoma c. 1517

Alexander the Great had many relationships, both romantic and familial. From mother and father, Olympias and Philip, to a vast array of step-mothers and siblings to at least four romantic and sexual partners, the Macedonian royal family was as vast as it was confusing and controversial.
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02: America’s Very First War, Part 2

Map of the Oconee River Basin. Created by Anna Baynes (UGA River Basin Center)

For part 2, Trevor is joined by Asha (@Herbo_Anarchist) of the “Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism” podcast (@SwordsNSocPod) to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790.
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Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816
Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3
Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861
Chappell – Georgia History Stories
Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic”
Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796
Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier
Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic
Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country

ASW: America’s Very First War, Part 1

Map of Georgia, its rivers, and its major cities with the Oconee River Basin highlighted (L)

Map of the Oconee Basin with greater detail to show local creeks (R).
Map of the Oconee River Basin. Created by Anna Baynes (UGA River Basin Center)

For the very first episode, Trevor is joined by Asha (@HerboAnarchist) of the “Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism” podcast to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790.
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Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816
Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3
Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861
Chappell – Georgia History Stories
Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic”
Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796
Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier
Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic
Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country

001: America’s Very First War, Part 1

Map of Georgia, its rivers, and its major cities with the Oconee River Basin highlighted (L)

Map of the Oconee Basin with greater detail to show local creeks (R).
Map of the Oconee River Basin. Created by Anna Baynes (UGA River Basin Center)

For the very first episode, Trevor is joined by Asha (@Herbo_Anarchist) of the “Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism” podcast (@SwordsNSocPod) to explain Secret Wars and discuss the first ever war fought by the United States’ armed forces after gaining independence: a border dispute between Georgia and the Muskogee (Creek) Confederacy from 1785-1790.
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Saunt – A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816
Scurry – The Oconee War Parts 1-3
Smith – History of the Georgia Militia, 1783-1861
Chappell – Georgia History Stories
Coulter – Elijah Clarke’s Foreign Intrigues and the “Trans-Oconee Republic”
Haynes – Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796
Kokomoor – Let Us Try to Make Each Other Happy, and Not Wretched”: the Creek-Georgian Frontier
Kokomoor – Creeks, Federalists, and the Idea of Coexistence in the Early Republic
Scurry – A Considerable Tract of Country

121: The Conquests to Come

An Arab tribute delegation depicted at Persepolis via Wikimedia

In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was preparing for future campaigns. Some sources say that Alexander wanted to defeat Carthage. Others say Alexander planned to attack Rome, but the most likely candidate was actually Alexander’s planned Arabian campaign.
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120: King the Conqueror

Head from a statue of Hephaestion via Wikimedia

In 324 BCE, Alexander the Great took his first real break from war since he became king. At Susa, he orchestrated the mass marriage of his highest officers with Iranian noblewomen and honored the war heroes of his recent campaigns. Alexander faced another mutiny at Opis before heading to Ecbatana, where his closest companion, Hephaestion, died suddenly of an unknown illness, throwing the king into a deep depression.
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119: Pirates of the Arabian

Map of major stops along Nearchos’ route from the Indus to Susa

While Alexander the Great crossed Gedrosia, Nearchus sailed from the Indus to explore the Arabian Sea and chart the coast of the Macedonian Empire. They faced obstacles, became pirates, and fought seas monsters before even reaching the Persian Gulf.
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118: Dead Men’s Rest

Map of the Macedonians’ route through Eastern Iran and India via Wikimedia

After the Battle of the Hydaspes, Alexander the Great began moving south through the Indus River Valley, battling the Mallians before nearly dying during the siege of their capital city. When he recovered, the Macedonians began to move west for their homeward journey, leaving only Nearchus’ fleet and a few small garrisons behind.
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Welcome to America: Secret Wars

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America: Secret Wars
A HoPful Media Podcast
The United States has more than its fair share of famous wars in history, but that doesn’t even scratch the surface. Have you ever wondered why we don’t talk about the Korean War or the War of 1812 very often? Do you even know the names of the wars fought against Native American nations? What about the battle with Japan during the Civil War? In this podcast, Trevor Culley will sit down with friends and guests to discuss all of the American military history that’s been forgotten, overlooked, or even covered up to explore lost stories from American history.

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Review – King of the World by Matt Waters

King of the World: The Life of Cyrus The Great by Matt Waters

King of the World: The Life of Cyrus the Great by Matt Waters is a new biography of the first Persian King of Kings from Oxford University Press. I was fortunate enough to receive an advanced PDF copy to review. In short, it’s an excellent introduction to both the life of Cyrus and Achaemenid Studies as a field. Almost all shortcomings are more the product of the subject rather than the biographer. For more, give it a listen.
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