by CJR | Jan 13, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
On this TWO HOUR episode, you’ll hear how Philip II of Macedon invented lying, invented siege warfare (more or less), lost an eye and held down a Phayllus, but was then beaten for the first and only time in his life. We also talk in detail about the Oracle of...
by CJR | Jan 6, 2015 | 30, Premium Podcasts
Our first VIP episode! And apologies in advance for the sucky sound quality. We were calling Bob on his home telephone and I think it looked like this: Today’s guest is Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, of the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at...
by CJR | Dec 28, 2014 | 30, Podcasts, Premium Podcasts
King Philip bought some time with his peace treaties and marriages and used that time to re-engineer the Macedonian army and cavalry. In this (shortish due to Xmas) episode, Philip turns on his enemies who threaten Macedon and shows them that there’s a new king...
by CJR | Dec 23, 2014 | 30, Premium Podcasts
Philip becomes king around age 23-24, and is immediately forced to deal with several invading armies and pretenders to the throne. As the Macedonian army was mostly just massacred by the Illyrians, what does he do? How big is Ray’s “spear”? Listen to...
by CJR | Dec 15, 2014 | 30, Premium Podcasts
In today’s episode, we give a quick tour of Greek history, starting in 1900 BCE and racing all the way up until the rise of Philip II of Macedon, Alexander’s father in the 4th century BCE. We also read out our first iTunes reviews and give away some...
by CJR | Dec 4, 2014 | 30, Podcasts
The saga begins! We kick off the new series talking about why Alexander The Great is worth discussing – cavalry commander at 16, king at 20, conqueror of Persia at 26, conquered two-thirds of the known world by the time of his death at 32, bore the shield of...
