Tag: Byzantine

152: There Goes the Neighborhood

On By Trevor CulleyIn History of Persia, Podcast EpisodesLeave a comment
Cappadocian coin featuring Ariarathes III via Wikimedia

During and after the Second Syrian War, Antiochus II was involved in many ongoing events with his smaller neighbors and subordinates. Whether it was intervening in the Cappadocian monarchy, being kept out of Bithynia by threats of a wider war, or granting autonomy to Parthia and Bactria to fight the Parni, the Seleucid Empire was a busy place in the mid-3rd Century BCE.
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142: Gauls With Gall

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Map of Galatian settlement routes before the Elephant Victory, via Wikimedia

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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