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Architects of the Hellenistic Age Part I: The Legacy of Alexander’s Companions

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on March 28, 2024March 26, 2024Leave a Comment

The conquests of Alexander the Great should be understated. From 336 to 323 BCE, Alexander would usher in a new era in world history. To aid him in this immense task were his “Companions”. These were Alexander’s closest friends and confidants. Some were childhood friends, others had fought with his father Philip II or gained …

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Hellenistic people IV: Nabis of Sparta

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on March 15, 2024March 15, 2024Leave a Comment

On the blog, you’ll find a treasure trove of articles exploring various aspects of the Hellenistic era. This is part four in our Hellenistic Peoples Series, a series about some of individuals that shaped the Hellenistic Period, in which we take a closer look at Nabis of Sparta, the ruler of Sparta. Nabis rose to …

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Hellenistic Babylon and Seleucid Imperial Ideology

by Hellenistic Historyon September 11, 2023September 11, 2023Leave a Comment

The academic year has started again, so it is time for another guest post. This time Derek from the Hellenistic Age Podcast delves deeper into the connections of the ancient city of Babylon with the Seleucid Dynasty. How did the Seleucid rulers navigate the complexities of Babylonian traditions and local customs? What lessons can we …

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Myth and Polis XI: Hellenistic kings and kinship myth

by Hellenistic Historyon March 17, 2022March 17, 2022Leave a Comment

We have now reached the eleventh part of the series on the use of mythological kinship in Greek diplomatic interaction. Since most of the sources come from the epigraphic material of the Hellenistic period, we have already looked several times at how mythological kinship was used by cities in that period in their interactions with …

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Hellenistic Women I: Apama, the first Queen of the Seleucid Empire

by Hellenistic Historyon April 6, 2021April 6, 2021Leave a Comment

During a critical moment in the conquests of Alexander the Great, he issued a surprising order: Alexander announced to his men that there would be a grand wedding between the highest-ranking officers of the Macedonian army and the captured Persian noble women at the capital city of Susa, in 324 BCE. His successors and their …

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Greek Kings and Indian Emperors: Diplomacy between the Hellenistic Kingdoms and Mauryan India

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021Leave a Comment

To writers like Herodotus and Ctesias, India was on the periphery of the Greek understanding of the inhabited world, drifting the between outright fantasy and the faintest tidbits of reality. Though the invasion of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian army into the Punjab in 327 BC was something of a bloody introduction, it marked …

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An introduction to the Seleucids II: The (Re)birth of an Empire

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on March 20, 2021March 20, 2021Leave a Comment

This is the second part of the introduction into the seleucid empire, click here to read the first part. This time Guest blogger Nicolaas verhelst introduces us to the founder of the Seleucid dynasty, Seleucos I Nicator. Read on to learn more about the man, the myth and the legend as well the earliest and …

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An Introduction to the Seleukid Empire I: An Ode to the Elephant Kings

by Hellenistic Historyupdated on March 16, 2021March 15, 2021Leave a Comment

The Seleukids. What does one generally know about them? Not nearly enough. In this two part series Guest author Nicolaas Verhelst introduces us to the history of the Seleucid dynasty. In this first part he starts with an ode to the Seleucid kings and their vast and complex empire. He explains some of the reasons …