After Alexander

91- More Disaster at Corycum


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Fresh off his defeat at Thermopylae, Antiochus III retreats back to Asia. However, the bad news isn't stopping just yet. Let's head to Corycum to witness a sea battle- Gaius Livius and Eumenes II against Polyxenides. Here's hoping it all goes to plan for the Seleucids and... oh.


Sources for this episode:

  • Bevan, E. R. (1966), The House of Seleucus (Vol. II). New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc.
  • Livy (1983), Rome and the Mediterranean. Translated by H. Bettensen. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.
  • Smith; W. (ed.) (1867), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. In Three Volumes (Vol. 1-3.). Boston: Little, Brown, And Company.
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Battle of Corycus (online) (Accessed 25/08/2025).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC) (online) (Accessed 25/08/2025).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Cherson (online) (Accessed 25/08/2025).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Delos (online) (Accessed 25/08/2025 and 26/08/2025).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), List of Roman consuls (online) (Accessed 25/08/2025).

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