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The History of Persia Podcast This is a podcast dedicated to the history of Persia, and the great empires that ruled modern Iran from from 600 BCE to 650 CE. Hosted by Trevor Culley.

Seleucus I Nikator depicted in the Nuremburg Chronicle, 1493 9 Kings of Macedon, 8 A-names, 7 warring states, 6 kingdoms...
30/12/2024

Seleucus I Nikator depicted in the Nuremburg Chronicle, 1493 9 Kings of Macedon, 8 A-names, 7 warring states, 6 kingdoms, 5 marriage pacts, 4 dead successors, 3 Ptolemies, 2 wars of succession, and 1 Victor all in one episode. The age of the diadochoi ends with a bang.Download Visit to support this show!Support | BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram

Seleucus I Nikator depicted in the Nuremburg Chronicle, 1493 9 Kings of Macedon, 8 A-names, 7 warring states, 6 kingdoms, 5 marriage pacts, 4 dead successors, 3 Ptolemies, 2 wars of succession, and…

Zoroaster and Vishtaspa depicted in the Bombay Shahnameh, 1849. According to tradition, the prophet Zoroaster died at 77...
26/12/2024

Zoroaster and Vishtaspa depicted in the Bombay Shahnameh, 1849. According to tradition, the prophet Zoroaster died at 77 years and 40 days old on Khorshed Dae AKA December 26 (depending on who you ask). Let's talk about it.Download Cardinal Numbers Podcast numerology Visit to support this show!Support | BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram

Zoroaster and Vishtaspa depicted in the Bombay Shahnameh, 1849. According to tradition, the prophet Zoroaster died at 77 years and 40 days old on Khorshed Dae AKA December 26 (depending on who you …

Antiochus and Stratonica by Jacques-Louis David, 1774 Today, we explore the family of King Seleucus I from his grandfath...
16/12/2024

Antiochus and Stratonica by Jacques-Louis David, 1774 Today, we explore the family of King Seleucus I from his grandfather to his sons and daughters, including one of history's first uses of the she's only his step-mom excuse.Download Visit to support this show!Support | BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram

Antiochus and Stratonica by Jacques-Louis David, 1774 Today, we explore the family of King Seleucus I from his grandfather to his sons and daughters, including one of history’s first uses of …

Approximate map of the Hellenistic world c.300 BCE (in Spanish), via Wikimedia Today, we step back from the narrative to...
10/12/2024

Approximate map of the Hellenistic world c.300 BCE (in Spanish), via Wikimedia Today, we step back from the narrative to see what kind of empire Seleucus was actually running here.Download Ian Mladjov's Maps Visit to support this show!Support | BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram

Approximate map of the Hellenistic world c.300 BCE (in Spanish), via Wikimedia Today, we step back from the narrative to see what kind of empire Seleucus was actually running here.DownloadIan Mladj…

Rough combat map for the Battle of Ipsus - Cavalry in slashed blocks, phalanges infantry in solid blocks, skirmishers in...
02/12/2024

Rough combat map for the Battle of Ipsus - Cavalry in slashed blocks, phalanges infantry in solid blocks, skirmishers in dots, elephants in ovals - via Wikimedia The Wars of the Diadochoi did not end in 301 BCE, but their Fourth War finished with a dramatic turning point in the Battle of Ipsus as Antigonus and Demetrius faced off against Seleucus, Lysimachus, and Pleistarchus.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Rough combat map for the Battle of Ipsus – Cavalry in slashed blocks, phalanges infantry in solid blocks, skirmishers in dots, elephants in ovals – via Wikimedia The Wars of the Diadoch…

Approximate extent of Chandragupta Maurya's Empire by the end of his life via Wikimedia After reclaiming Babylon, King S...
23/11/2024

Approximate extent of Chandragupta Maurya's Empire by the end of his life via Wikimedia After reclaiming Babylon, King Seleucus began consolidating his power over the upper satrapies, but even as he worked to reclaim the Iranian east, the Mauryan Empire began pushing out of India and across the mountains of Gandhara.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Approximate extent of Chandragupta Maurya’s Empire by the end of his life via Wikimedia After reclaiming Babylon, King Seleucus began consolidating his power over the upper satrapies, but eve…

While Macedon was consolidating and collapsing in the west, a new empire was on the rise in the east. Chandragupta Maury...
16/11/2024

While Macedon was consolidating and collapsing in the west, a new empire was on the rise in the east. Chandragupta Maurya and his teacher, Chanakya, were busy overthrowing the Nanda Dynasty and expanding their new kingdom to become one of the great powers of Indian history.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

While Macedon was consolidating and collapsing in the west, a new empire was on the rise in the east. Chandragupta Maurya and his teacher, Chanakya, were busy overthrowing the Nanda Dynasty and exp…

The Loggia of Trogir, c. 1910 Trevor is joined by Aurora and Roberto from Tsar Power () to form an unholy alliance of al...
29/10/2024

The Loggia of Trogir, c. 1910 Trevor is joined by Aurora and Roberto from Tsar Power () to form an unholy alliance of altogether too many podcasts and discuss how the United States occupied a slice of the Croatian coast after World War 1 and helped the newly formed Yugoslavia fend off Italian nationalists. Also, the Italians invent fascism along the way....

The Loggia of Trogir, c. 1910 Trevor is joined by Aurora and Roberto from Tsar Power () to form an unholy alliance of altogether too many podcasts and discuss how the United States occ…

Cyrus the Great Day is an unofficial holiday in modern Iran, marking the anniversary of Cyrus the Great's conquest of Ba...
29/10/2024

Cyrus the Great Day is an unofficial holiday in modern Iran, marking the anniversary of Cyrus the Great's conquest of Babylon and celebrating the origins of the Iranian state. It has also been the center of controversy, revolt, and secular ambitions within the Islamic Republic for most of the last decade.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Cyrus the Great Day is an unofficial holiday in modern Iran, marking the anniversary of Cyrus the Great’s conquest of Babylon and celebrating the origins of the Iranian state. It has also bee…

Demetrius' Attack on Rhodes from Cassell's illustrated universal history, 1882 After the death of Alexander IV, the form...
26/10/2024

Demetrius' Attack on Rhodes from Cassell's illustrated universal history, 1882 After the death of Alexander IV, the former friends and generals of Alexander the Great held their breath, waiting almost a year to resume their wars. The Fourth War of the Diadochoi saw them claim their royal titles as the Successors as Cassander, Ptolemy, and Demetrius battled for dominance.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Demetrius’ Attack on Rhodes from Cassell’s illustrated universal history, 1882 After the death of Alexander IV, the former friends and generals of Alexander the Great held their breath,…

Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries c.100 BCE, via Wikimedia History of Persia dips its toes into the infamous Anci...
16/10/2024

Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries c.100 BCE, via Wikimedia History of Persia dips its toes into the infamous Ancient Greek mystery cults to explore their role in Hellenistic religious life and what exactly makes them so mysterious anyway. Secret rituals, week long parties, and ancient drugs feature in the Eleusinian Mysteries.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries c.100 BCE, via Wikimedia History of Persia dips its toes into the infamous Ancient Greek mystery cults to explore their role in Hellenistic religious life a…

Chronicle 10 via Livius.org Shortly before the end of the Third War of the Diadochoi, Seleucus set out with a small army...
02/10/2024

Chronicle 10 via Livius.org Shortly before the end of the Third War of the Diadochoi, Seleucus set out with a small army to retake his satrapy in Babylon. After several years of neglect by Antigonus Monophthalmus, Seleucus retook the region easily. Before long he held all of the Upper Satrapies against Antigonus, but by the end of the Babylonian War, events in Macedon sundered the empire of Alexander the Great.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

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Chronicle 10 via Livius.org Shortly before the end of the Third War of the Diadochoi, Seleucus set out with a small army to retake his satrapy in Babylon. After several years of neglect by Antigonu…

Teresa Urrea la Santa de Cabora, c. 1900 Trevor was joined by Anthony from Disastrous History () to discuss the history ...
28/09/2024

Teresa Urrea la Santa de Cabora, c. 1900 Trevor was joined by Anthony from Disastrous History () to discuss the history of the Yaqui people of modern Sonora, their conflicts with Mexico, when those clashes crossed the border, and the story of a magical prophetess-healer-saint-revolutionary.Download Listen to Disastrous History Fort Huachuca Museum - Huachuca Illustrated The Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Huachuca Vol....

Teresa Urrea la Santa de Cabora, c. 1900 Trevor was joined by Anthony from Disastrous History () to discuss the history of the Yaqui people of modern Sonora, their conflicts with Me…

The Battle of Gaza between Demetrius and Ptolemy in 312 BCE, engraving 1812 CE No sooner did the Second War of the Diado...
28/09/2024

The Battle of Gaza between Demetrius and Ptolemy in 312 BCE, engraving 1812 CE No sooner did the Second War of the Diadochoi end, than the Third began when Antiognus Monophthalmus attempted to seize control of the whole empire. Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cassander, and Lysander rallied against their former comrade as war spread from Palestine to Greece to Thrace.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

The Battle of Gaza between Demetrius and Ptolemy in 312 BCE, engraving 1812 CE No sooner did the Second War of the Diadochoi end, than the Third began when Antiognus Monophthalmus attempted to seiz…

Eumenes of Cardia, 17th Century woodcut While Cassander and Polyphercon fought for the regency of Macedon, Antigonus Mon...
19/08/2024

Eumenes of Cardia, 17th Century woodcut While Cassander and Polyphercon fought for the regency of Macedon, Antigonus Monophthalmus and Eumenes of Cardia fought for supremacy in the Upper Satrapies. The initially reluctant Peithon and Seleucus joined Antigonus to defeat the traitor Eumenes, and in the process, turn Antigonus into the most powerful man in the empire.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Eumenes of Cardia, 17th Century woodcut While Cassander and Polyphercon fought for the regency of Macedon, Antigonus Monophthalmus and Eumenes of Cardia fought for supremacy in the Upper Satrapies.…

A bust supposedly depicting Antigonus Monophtalmus via Wikimedia With the sudden death of Antipater, the Empire of Alexa...
12/08/2024

A bust supposedly depicting Antigonus Monophtalmus via Wikimedia With the sudden death of Antipater, the Empire of Alexander the Great is thrown into chaos once again as the late regent's son, Cassander forges and alliance to seize the reigns of power. Antigonus is hunting Eumenes. Polyphercon struggles in Greece. Ptolemy and Egypt are just quietly expanding, and titanic figures of ancient history are washed away.Download Visit to support this show!Support | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

A bust supposedly depicting Antigonus Monophtalmus via Wikimedia With the sudden death of Antipater, the Empire of Alexander the Great is thrown into chaos once again as the late regent’s son…

The Sujagi of Eo Jae-yeon, captured and taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1871 Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the A...
12/08/2024

The Sujagi of Eo Jae-yeon, captured and taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1871 Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network ( the Imperfect Men Podcast (), and We Effed Up () to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue....

The Sujagi of Eo Jae-yeon, captured and taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1871 Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network ( the Imperfect Men Podcast (…

The Tomb of Namyeongun raided by Ernst Oppert and Stanislas Ferron via Wikimedia Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of th...
06/08/2024

The Tomb of Namyeongun raided by Ernst Oppert and Stanislas Ferron via Wikimedia Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network ( the Imperfect Men Podcast (), and We Effed Up () to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue....

The Tomb of Namyeongun raided by Ernst Oppert and Stanislas Ferron via Wikimedia Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network ( the Imperfect Men Podcast (…

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