Monthly Archives: December 2024

Episode 13 was once called 'Young Man, Go West!'- well, now a descendant of the king we exhorted to travel to Macedon is heading east to deal with the threat of Molon.

Sources for this episode:

• Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
• The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2016), Anti-Lebanon Mountains (online) (Accessed 21/06/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Go West, young man (online) (Accessed 21/06/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Syrian Wars (online) (Accessed 21/06/2024).

Ptolemy IV has become king of Egypt, and there are going to be consequences. Let's explore some bloodletting within the Ptolemaic royal family…

Sources for this episode:

• Bennett, C. (2002), The Children of Ptolemy III and the Date of the Exedra of Thermos. Zeitschirft für Payrologie und Epigraphik 138: 141-145.
• Bevan, E. R. (1914), A History of Egypt under the Ptolemaic Dynasty. London: Metheuen & Co. Ltd.
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Ptolemy III Euergetes (online) (Accessed 29/05/2024).

Molon starts to become a serious threat- and the Seleucid court just keep fumbling the ball…

Sources for this episode:

• Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Molon (online) (Accessed 30/04/2024).
• Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Xenoetas (online) (Accessed 30/04/2024).