Grimdark History

Having just broken 10,000 downloads after only a year in running I thought it appropriate to mark the moment with a thank you episode. Since this milestone happened to coincide with almost exactly 1 y...

9 Maj 202414min

After the death of Darius III and Bessus, Alexander is without a doubt king of the former Persian Empire. He’s left staring at huge chunks of former Persian provinces now declared independence standin...

1 Maj 20241h 23min

After the Battle of Issus Alexander conquered the bread basket of the Persian Empire (Egypt). Founding the city of Alexandria, and one of the Wonders of the Ancient World (the lighthouse of Alexandria...

1 Apr 202459min

After the assassination of Philip, Alexander faced a demanding and tense succession crisis. Forced to kill of a rival heir, opposing generals, and then put down rebellions against Macedonian rule in T...

1 Mars 20241h 45min

The Hecatomb is a large scale sacrifice of cattle, bulls, or oxen to the gods of Greece. Nominally this means 100 animals to be sacrificed but it could easily have just meant a large scale sacrifice o...

1 Feb 202459min

Kicking off our series on Alexander the Great we look at previous 150 years of Greece; the Greco-Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian Wars, the Corinthian Wars, Philip of Macedon's Conquest, the Empire of ...

1 Jan 20241h 45min

Trailer episode to whet your whistle for our upcoming series on Alexander the Great, his mother, his father, the Greco-Persian Wars, the Corinthian Wars, the Peloponnesian Wars, and of course Alexande...

29 Dec 20234min

This is a bonus episode that just talks about the approach and process I take to tackling a particular topic, specifically our upcoming podcast series on Alexander the Great. If you're a fan of the sh...

16 Dec 202326min