Monthly Archives: January 2026

I have become a father! My firstborn daughter is here and is of course wonderful. However, the fact of her existence means that there may be some disruption to the podcast schedule. Thank you for your understanding!

This is part of a triple collaboration with Biopedia and Autocrat. Autocrat are discussing the founding myth of Athens, while Biopedia explore the olive trees that feature so prominently in the story. Well, here on After Alexander, it's time to examine what Athens gets up to before and after the Hellenistic Age- into the modern day.

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Defeat at Magnesia sparks collapse throughout the Seleucid empire. Antiochus III leaves his son behind in Antioch as Seleucus IV and then heads out east- only to meet his end while trying to rob a temple in Persia.

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