After Alexander

26- All in the Family

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The Antigonids are back! This time, we'll witness Antigonus II re-establish his control over Macedon and marry the daughter of Seleucus and Stratonice- reaffirming the alliance between the Seleucids and the Antigonids. Just in time, too- as happens pretty much constantly during the Hellenistic period, war is about to break out again with Egypt...


Sources for this episode:

  • Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur. Quote: p.145.
  • Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook) [Accessed 04/01/2021].
  • Rawlinson, G. (1869) A manual of ancient history from the earliest times to the fall of the Western Empire, comprising the history of Chaldea, Assyria, Media, Babylonia, Lydia, Phoenicia, Syria, Judea, Egypt, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Macedonia, Rome, and Parthia. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (eBook) [Accessed 02/03/2021].
  • Volkmann, H., Encyclopaedia Britannica (2019) Antigonus II Gonatas (online) [Accessed 27/03/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antigonus II Gonatas (online) [Accessed 27/03/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Apama II (online) [Accessed 27/03/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Berenice I of Egypt (online) [Accessed 27/03/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Demetrius II Aetolicus (online) [Accessed 27/03/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Magas of Cyrene (online) [Accessed 27/03/2021].
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Stratonice of Syria (online) [Accessed 14/07/2021].
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