by CJR | Jun 17, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Enough is never enough. If you sit still, your competition may sneak up on you and take you out. Any resource you don’t own, is one your competitor owns. Be that resource soldiers, labourers, mines, timber, shipyards, or cash. I’ve been playing AGE OF EMPIRES again...
by CJR | Jun 9, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Around 305 BCE, 18 years after Alexander’s death, there is suddenly a “big bang” of new kings, lead by Antigonus. Can you guess why they all happened around 305? HOW TO LISTEN If you’re already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or...
by CJR | Jun 2, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Gonad called Demi back from Athens because he wanted to help him take Cyprus from Tolly whose possession of Cyprus was a major obstacle to Gonad’s control of the sea.
by CJR | May 20, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Our episode today is all about Demetrius of Phalerum, chosen by Ptolemy to help him build his masterpiece – the Great Library and Museum of Alexandria. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through...
by CJR | May 11, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Antigonus sends Demetrius to attack Athens, evicting Cassander's tyrant who controlled the city for the previous decade, Demetrius of Phalerum, who has a much bigger project waiting for him. HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the...
by CJR | May 5, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
And then, in 310 or 309, Cassy had Alexander IV and his mother Roxane poisoned and the 400 year old royal bloodline of Philip and Alexander is no more. But there is another son of Alexander – Heracles, his bastard son to Barsine, the Persian woman he lost his...