Monthly Archives: November 2024

We start off the reign of Antiochus III reviewing just how bad a situation the empire finds itself in. Not only have we seen the edges fall away, but now cronies are squabbling over how to squander the remainder…

Sources for this episode:

• Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
• Burstein, S. (2022), Ptolemy III Euergetes (“Benefactor”) I, king of Egypt, early 246 to 221 BCE. In: Oxford Classical Dictionary.
• The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), Ptolemy IV Philopator (online) (Accessed 29/04/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antiochus III the Great (online) (Accessed 22/04/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Molon (online) (Accessed 29/04/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Ptolemy III Euergetes (online) (Accessed 29/04/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Ptolemy IV Philopator (online) (Accessed 29/04/2024).

100 years. That's how long it's been since Alexander the Great died. Before we move on from Seleucus III, let's look back on the past century and our five Seleucid monarchs…

Sources for this episode are past episodes, with the exception of Diodorus Siculus for Alexander's plans. The reference for this is given below:

• Diodorus (1984), Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes. Volume IX: Books XVIII and XIX 1-65. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann Ltd.