by cameron | Sep 8, 2017 | Premium Podcasts
Demetrius had fled Ipsus with several thousand men, mainly the cavalry he had been commanding. He holed up in Ephesus where he had a garrison. His last strength was command of the sea. And what do you do when all you have is a fleet? Piracy. HOW TO LISTEN If...
by cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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...
by cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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 cameron | 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...
