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  • 161: Meet the Neighbors Speed Round
    Mar 2 2026

    Prepare for a return to the narrative with a quick round of catch up with the Seleucids' neighbors: Egypt, Macedon, India, and surprisingly, Sparta one last time before the famed warriors of Ancient Greece fade into history.


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  • Intelligent Speech 2026!!!
    Feb 22 2026

    Intelligent Speech Online 2026 is almost here, and if I haven't yet sold you on attending the conference on February 28, 2026 (starting at 9am US Eastern Time), you might be interested in my presentation from last year's event.


    When he seized the Persian throne in 522 BCE, Darius the Great made a public declaration explaining his coup in the Bisotun Inscription. Details changed with each retelling, but that version of story is the only one that survived in ancient sources. Modern historians are pretty sure that it’s one of the most successful lies ever told.


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    43 min
  • Holiday Special 2025 (Happy Sadeh!)
    Feb 1 2026

    Slightly delayed by world events, but planned and written for December 2025, History of Persia marks the Iranian and Zoroastrian holiday of Sadeh, a feast and fire to stave off the dark winter nights and celebrate light and warmth.

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    The Gist of the Jashan Ceremony - https://www.avesta.org/antia/Gist_of_the_Jashan_R1.pdf

    The Atash Niyayesh - https://www.avesta.org/ka/niyayesh.htm#ny5


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    38 min
  • 160: Philosophy and Medicine
    Jan 13 2026

    Unfortunately for the study of Seleucid philosophy, the Seleucid kings were not major patrons of the lovers of wisdom as their Hellenistic neighbors were, and the works of the philosophers they did patronize have not survived. However, somewhat more can be said of Seleucid patronage of ancient medicine.


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    43 min
  • 159: The Lovers of Wisdom
    Dec 22 2025

    We're taking a break from the narrative for a brief introduction to Ancient Greek Philosophy. From Thales to Epicurus, it's time.


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    The Hellenistic Age Podcast - https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/

    History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps - https://historyofphilosophy.net/


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    43 min
  • 158: A Flawed Inheritance
    Dec 10 2025

    After chasing his brother out of Asia, but still beaten by the Parthians, Seleucus II returned to Antioch to face the family drama royals are best known for and to prepare for another round of war. In a speed round family episode, we'll cover the Seleucid extended family, the death of Seleucus Callinichus, and the reign of Seleucus III Ceranaus.


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    29 min
  • 157: The Seleucid Civil War
    Nov 30 2025

    During the Third Syrian War, Seleucus II Callinicus discovered treachery. His younger brother, Antiochus Hierax and their royal relatives in Anatolia attempted to usurp the throne. Seleucus was forced to make a hasty peace with Ptolemy III and return to the north to face his brother in open civil war.


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    44 min
  • 156: Babylon Drift
    Nov 17 2025

    With Babylonia and the Seleucis of Syria under Ptolemaic occupation, it's entirely possible that the only thing that saved Seleucus II was an Egyptian famine. Free to go on the offensive, Seleucus turned the tide of the Third Syrian War.


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    34 min