by CJR | Dec 11, 2015 | Premium Podcasts
Alexander tries to get not only his Persian subjects, but also his Macedonians and Greeks, to bow down before him – proskynesis, as it was called, or genuflection. But did he do it just because he was deranged? Or were there good, practical reasons for it?...
by CJR | Dec 4, 2015 | Premium Podcasts
Alexander proves that his soldiers can actually fly when he takes the Sogdian Rock. Then he performs another incredible feat of engineering to terrify Sisimithres who lived in a rock fortress called the Rock of Chorienes and was literally a motherfucker. Then...
by CJR | Nov 26, 2015 | Premium Podcasts
First, let us apologise for the noise outside of Cameron's window! This episode is mostly about one of the worst events in Alexander's story – his drunken murder of his senior commander, Cleitus The Black, aka the man who saved his life, aka The Black...
by CJR | Nov 20, 2015 | Premium Podcasts
Well Alexander finally catches up with Bessus and removes parts of his face that he won't be needing any longer. But just when everything seems to be going well, Bactria and Sogdiana (modern-day Afghanistan and Tajikistan) revolt and that marks the beginning of a...
by CJR | Nov 13, 2015 | Premium Podcasts
In this episode, Alexander marches his army through the Hindu Kush – an 800-kilometre-long (500 mi) mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan – to sneak up on Bessus. Along the way we manage to talk about a guy getting...
by CJR | Nov 6, 2015 | Premium Podcasts
In this episode, Alexander has to deal with THE PHILOTAS AFFAIR. Philotas, the son of Philip's old general, Parmenion, and currently commander of Alexander's Companion Cavalry, is accused of conspiracy to assassinate his king. This story has everything...
