by CJR | Aug 25, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
After Ipsus, the surviving coalition kings divided up the Antigonid kingdom between themselves. But Demetrius isn't out of the picture yet. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any...
by CJR | Aug 18, 2017 | Podcasts, Premium Podcasts
Professor Ian Worthington joins us again to talk about new book about Ptolemy! HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any podcast player. If you're not a subscriber, please register. If...
by CJR | Aug 11, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Old Gonad himself, now 80 years old, broke his retirement and moved north into Asia Minor. So the big battle happened at Ipsus in Phrygia in Turkey. Each side had roughly 80,000 men. Ipsus was one of the largest battles of the Hellenistic period. There were four...
by CJR | Jul 28, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Demetrius is in Athens, pissing people off, left right and center. But hey, he thinks he's a god, so whaddya going to do? Then, when he's about to invade Macedon, Cassander sues for peace, which Demetrius and Antigonus reject. Which, as it turns out, was a...
by CJR | Jul 20, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
To show how grateful they were to Ptolemy, the Rhodians created a new cult to worship him as a saviour god. Demetrius got a new title out of the campaign too – Poliorcetes “the Besieger”. To celebrate their victory, the Rhodians also built one of the seven...
by CJR | Jul 7, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Antigonus and Demetrius attack Ptolemy in Egypt with 80,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry and 83 elephants marching by land from Syria, while 150 warships with another 40,000 men followed them by sea. When that doesn't go well, Demetrius decides to lay siege to the...
