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by Autolykos
Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:52 am
Forum: Calendar
Topic: 3rd Day of Advent
Replies: 5
Views: 7655

Re: 3rd Day of Advent

I'm wondering what the source for Parmenio and Amyntas Perdikka being sent to Thebes after the battle of Chaeronea? I knew Amyntas had been sent with Clearchus to Thebes before the battle but I never knew he'd been sent there twice. Additionally there were surviving inscriptions from Oropus and Leba...
by Autolykos
Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: The Diadochi
Topic: Researching Seleucus's rise to power
Replies: 13
Views: 53446

Re: Researching Seleucus's rise to power

The best resource I've ever come across on Seleukos is the biography written by John D. Grainger and the first volume of Grainger's history of the Seleucid Empire. Both are carefully researched and easy to read. As far as Alexander being assassinated it's evident that he didn't believe he'd been poi...