Tag: Babylon

127: War of the Regents

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment
Tomb relief from Termessos, thought to be the tomb of Alkestas via Wikimedia

Within just two years of Alexander the Great’s death, the conqueror’s empire shattered into civil war as Perdiccas threatened the most powerful nobles in the empire to solidify his own power as regent. Together with Eumenes, Alkestas, and a host of loyalists generals, the Perdiccid faction faced down Antipater, Antigonus, Craterus, and Ptolemy. It was the First War of the Diadochi, the First War of the Successors.
Download

Visit https://HoPfulMedia.com.co to support this show!
Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Creation by Gore Vidal – Swords Sorcery & Socialism Crossover Part 2

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

Trevor and Aurora from Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism found the perfect crossover episode with Creation by Gore Vidal: a historical fiction novel set in the 5th Century BCE that follows a fictional descendant of Zoroaster on his worldwide journey to understand the mysteries of the universe.
Download

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Creation by Gore Vidal – Swords Sorcery & Socialism Crossover Part 1

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

Trevor and Aurora from Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism found the perfect crossover episode with Creation by Gore Vidal: a historical fiction novel set in the 5th Century BCE that follows a fictional descendant of Zoroaster on his worldwide journey to understand the mysteries of the universe.
Download

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

125.2: Ask Me Anything Again… Again

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

You, the listeners of this very podcast, are phenomenal, thoughtful, inquisitive people. So I have done my very best to answer your many, many questions about the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and myself.
Download

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

History of the Celts
r/AskHistorians post about supply lines
Patreon RSS feed instructions
Persian Music by ItShowTimeMusic
The Complete Fragments of Ctesias of Cnidus by Andrew Nichols
Ctesias’ History of Persia: Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson

125.1: Ask Me Anything Again

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment

You, the listeners of this very podcast, are phenomenal, thoughtful, inquisitive people. So I have done my very best to answer your many, many questions about the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and myself.
Download

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

History of the Celts
r/AskHistorians post about supply lines
Patreon RSS feed instructions
Persian Music by ItShowTimeMusic
The Complete Fragments of Ctesias of Cnidus by Andrew Nichols
Ctesias’ History of Persia: Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson

120: King the Conqueror

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment
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.
Download

Patreon | Support Page | STORE 

Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

104: The Darius Restoration

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of PersiaLeave a comment
Darius III(?) depicted on the unfinished tomb in Persepolis South via Livius.org

Darius III was handpicked by Bagoas the Elder to succeed Artaxerxes IV, but Bagoas realized his mistake too late. Darius was no puppet king. He seized the reigns and set to work stabilizing the Persian Empire, bringing them back from the brink of annihilation.
Download

IntelligentSpeechOnline.com

Patreon | Support Page | STORE 

Twitter | Facebook | Instagram