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Forensic facial reconstruction was done on the remains found in Tomb II, now confirmed to be that of Philip II... Just a quick correction. There is no confirmation that Tomb II belonged to Philip II. That's been a contested assignment almost since Andronikos announced it, and in recent years, fewer...

You'd better get writing, Xenophon! That actually sounds like a doable plot. I'd read it (even if I knew the ending)!

It would be extraordinarily inept as Amyntas was clearly not ready for his coup, as far as the sources go; and that is a common observation with Alexander's death, the conspirators were not ready to take the power they were allegedly plotting to sieze. Brutus et al, Cassius Chaerea and co, both had...

edited because I forgot: Jeanne it cannot have been a 'solo job'; Pausanias had accomplices waiting with horses when he was run down by Perdikkas et al. I meant solo in that it wasn't a conspiracy. He may have had some personal help, but I agree with Beth, and think it was an honor killing. Fits th...

IMO, Alexander died of a communicable illness exacerbated by a combination of war wounds ill-healed and grief. Nothing terribly exciting. It's a sort of prosaic end for a world conqueror, ha. Reminds me of the poem "Ozymandais" by Shelley. ;> If somebody wanted to write a really good Maced...

The Colophon inscription may not. It's just a guess. Most of these things amount to educated guesses.

Of possible interest to forum goers: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/05/420238573/greeks-decide-the-fate-of-their-economy-in-crucial-referendum?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150705 A good, if brief, summary of...

As Alexias notes, when observing the frequency of a name, we have to beware of "back-reading": that is looking at the popularity of a name a hundred years later and assuming it must have been popular earlier, as well--especially when there were famous antecendents bearing it. What would be...

I don't intend to really hop into the dabate, but the architecture of the tomb suggests that it's later than the end of the 4th century, possibly well into the Hellenistic period. Ogla thinks it may even date down into the early Roman period. I will defer to the art historians, of which Olga is one...

Olga Palagia has stated, based on the inscriptional evidence (mostly quoted above) that Olympias's tomb is in Pydna. I don't intend to really hop into the dabate, but the architecture of the tomb suggests that it's later than the end of the 4th century, possibly well into the Hellenistic period. Ogl...

Oh yes! It is a bit terrifying to think that the periods of ancient history which we know relatively well, like the Neo-Assyrian Empire.... Just to correct/clarify ... actually we know quite a lot about the neo-Assyrian empire. It's one of my loves, albeit I'm not an Assyriologist. But I love the n...

It's not so much the 'math' but rather the conga line of Macedonian identities flitting here, there and everywhere. It is something more than a surprise that Diodorus gets them all named and placed in a chronological context (when he's not moralising over escapees from Antigonid custody and the lik...

I had the pleasure to hear a colloquium in Calgary back in 2005 (?) with Ed Anson, Tom Boiy, and Pat Wheatley, on the chronology of the early Successor period, down to 301. I was lost inside about 10 minutes. :-D I am SO not a math person. But anyway, it was actually a very good-natured debate betwe...

As Agesilaos said, finding ANE (Ancient Near Eastern) documents on Alexander can be tricky. There are, however, a couple, and we do have an Assyriologist who's been involved in the study of ATG's chronology. Tom Boiy, "Cuneiform Tablets and Aramaic Ostraca: Between the Low and High Chronologies...

Ah, yes, I tend to forget about academia.edu, despite having my own stuff up there. 8} There are copyright problems, but given how increasingly difficult it is for libraries to afford journals, it makes it a little easier for those conducting research. That said, most of the articles are more recent...