After Alexander

77- The Battle of Raphia

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The Fourth Syrian War is here! I know, it kind of felt like we stumbled into it for me as well. Join us as we see Antiochus III tear through Hollow Syria like a knife through butter, and we witness the only time Indian elephants fought African elephants at Raphia...


Sources for this episode:

  • Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
  • Polybius (1979), Polybius the Histories, in Six Volumes (Volume III). Translated by W. R. Paton. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann, Ltd.
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