Century 6 of 13 · 323 - 31 BC

The Hellenistic Age

The successors carve up the conquest: Ptolemies, Seleucids, Antigonids, and Greek as far as the Indus.

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Ptolemies, Seleucids and Antigonids, and Greek spoken as far as the Indus.

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The Colossus of RhodesThe Colossus of Rhodes · 2h 22mCo-written and directed by Sergio Leone, this 1961 sword and sandal film, starring Rory Calhoun, is a fictional account of Rhodes in the late third century BC, following Alexander the Great's death and before the rise of the Roman Empire.The Old TestamentThe Old Testament · 1h 55mDirected and co-written by Gianfranco Parolini, this 1962 Italian-French epic film, originally titled Il vecchio testamento and released in Spanish as Los Macabeos, is based on the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of 167-141 BC.Conversations: The Empire is Back. . .and This Episode is the Seleucids w/ Dr. Talia PrussinLet's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean · 1h 39mTalia Prussin joins Liv and Michaela to discuss the Seleucid Empire and the wider Hellenistic period, with many shenanigans and debate over everyone's favourite little guy.

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2h 22mThe Colossus of Rhodes Film

Co-written and directed by Sergio Leone, this 1961 sword and sandal film, starring Rory Calhoun, is a fictional account of Rhodes in the late third century BC, following Alexander the Great's death and before the rise of the Roman Empire.

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1h 55mThe Old Testament Film

Directed and co-written by Gianfranco Parolini, this 1962 Italian-French epic film, originally titled Il vecchio testamento and released in Spanish as Los Macabeos, is based on the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire of 167-141 BC.

Wikipedia

1h 39mConversations: The Empire is Back. . .and This Episode is the Seleucids w/ Dr. Talia Prussin Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient MediterraneanPodcast

Part of Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

With Talia Prussin

Talia Prussin joins Liv and Michaela to discuss the Seleucid Empire and the wider Hellenistic period, with many shenanigans and debate over everyone's favourite little guy.

1h 29mThe Colossus of Rhodes Ancient History FangirlPodcast

Part of Ancient History Fangirl

A giant statue supposed to depict the god Helios was once pictured straddling the harbor at Rhodes, holding aloft a torch, though some said it looked more like Alexander the Great, on an island full of pirates and smugglers.

1h 29mThe Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Ancient History FangirlPodcast

Part of Ancient History Fangirl

Mausolus was once an extremely powerful man, yet today he is remembered mainly for the grandness of his tomb, commissioned by his wife, who was also his sister; his name in English now means all tombs.

1h 14mPaul J. Kosmin, "Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire" (Harvard UP, 2018) New Books in Ancient HistoryPodcast

Part of New Books in Ancient History

With Paul Kosmin

Paul J. Kosmin's Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire (Harvard UP, 2018) traces Seleucid kings imposing continuous numbered years, met by rebels predicting history's total end.

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1h 14mMythbusting Asbestos We Can: Fire at the Library of Alexandria? (Ad Navseam, Episode 193) Ad NavseamPodcast

Part of Ad Navseam

The Library of Alexandria's fabled burning did not happen all at once, and the pagan-versus-Christian finger pointing over its loss does not help.

1h 12mAngelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian" (Harvard UP, 2018) New Books in Ancient HistoryPodcast

Part of New Books in Ancient History

With Angelos Chaniotis

Angelos Chaniotis's Age of Conquests (Harvard UP, 2018) traces how Alexander's successors built an empire from the eastern Mediterranean as far as present-day Afghanistan, later dismantled one by one by Rome.

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1h 09mHistory of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Ancient History FangirlPodcast

Part of Ancient History Fangirl

Perhaps first written down by Herodotus sometime in the 400s BC, the list of Seven Wonders did not really get popularized until the 200s, and this episode traces its history through the centuries since.

1h 08mI Want My Mummy!: the Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great (Ad Navseam, Episode 65) Ad NavseamPodcast

Part of Ad Navseam

The tomb and body of Alexander simply vanished, and the search runs from Babylon to Memphis, Alexandria and even Venice, though some of the greatest Caesars once visited the tourist attraction.

1h 07m125: Ptolemaic Egypt - East Africa, the Red Sea, and Nubia The Hellenistic Age PodcastPodcast