April 1, 2016
Our guest today is Alexandra Morris. She has an undergraduate degree in archaeology, art history, and anthropology at SUNY Potsdam and an MA in Egyptology at […]
March 30, 2016
STILL IN 324 BCE… Alexander reaches Opis (located about 50 miles (80 km) north of modern Baghdad) where he adds 30,000 Eastern troops to his […]
March 18, 2016
IN 324 BCE, Alexander volunteered 91 of his senior men – and himself – to marry Persian princesses at a huge mass wedding ceremony in […]
March 11, 2016
Nearchus shows up unexpectedly and Alexander barely recognises him. Alexander makes plans to invade Arabia. Then he heads back to Persepolis for the first time in six […]
March 4, 2016
Our very special guest today is Ian Worthington, Curators' Professor, Adjunct Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Missouri and author of one of our […]
February 26, 2016
First there come the punishments. Alexander finds out some of his satraps and generals didn't think he was coming back from India, so their heads got […]
February 19, 2016
What a fucking mess. Alexander has the great idea of taking 50,000 people into the most hellish desert on the planet. Why? We discuss several theories. […]
February 12, 2016
Alexander really admires the Indian Brahmans – but he has a bunch of them killed anyway for creating rebellions. As it turns out, that was a […]
February 5, 2016
In this episode, Alexander has to deal with a revolt of some Indian tribes, including the Malli. While laying siege to their citadel, Alexander gets a […]