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That sounds very reasonable.

The only issue I have is that you have missed out the fact that Philotas (until 330) was in overall command of the Companion Cavalry, and after Philotas' death the command was divided between Hephaestion and Cleitus (before it all went to pot in 328).

Nick Secunda, The Army of Alexander the Great , Osprey, 1984 The regiment was divided into eight squadrons, the first being the Royal Squadron ( basilike ile ) which was the vangard ( agema ) squadron of the regiment and the held the position of honour in the battle line. This indicates that the ter...

I have a question: what is the difference between the ile basilike (Royal Squadron) and the agema (Royal Bodyguard)? I have yet to find anything that has fully answered this question! I have always worked on the basis that they *were* the same - there was also, I think, an agema of hypaspists . If ...

Then again, he might have chanced it using his marriage to Amyntas' daughter, Eurynoe, as legitimisation ... Very true, but he seems to have been important enough for his son (a Pausanias?) to be included in the 30 hostages sent to Thebes. There again, this would have been Philip's cousin and grand...

It seems as if Ptolemy of Alorus may have been the son of Amyntas II. Amyntas II (reigned c 394-3 BC) may have been the grandson of Alexander I - father Philip or Menelaus, sons of Amyntas II. Alexander I (the Philhellene) was the son of Amyntas I. This would make Ptolemy the great-great-grandson o...

It's a very good book. I like that it is so thorough!

The burn of Chugg in the introduction is so withering, it's worth the purchase price of the book in itself ...

... and, interestingly, so was Ptolemy of Alorus. I'm not sure that's a definite, though, is it? Re. Satyrus on Arsinoe: Theophilus of Antioch, 2.7 But Satyrus, also giving a history of the Alexandrine families, beginning from Philopator, who was also named Ptolemy, gives out that Bacchus was his p...

It looks hilarious. I've only dropped in to a couple of episodes, but ... well, yeah, OK.

I've found another candidate for the Amphipolis tomb - Aristonus son of Peisaeus, apparently brought up in Pella and Somatophylax/Bodyguard to Alexander, and possibly Philip. He may be identical with the Aristophanes who removed Alexander's sword during the quarrel with Cleitus. Aristonous was also...

I've always found it difficult to believe that the tomb could be that of Hephaestion - not least because he died in Ecbatana, before even considering the fact that he was cremated. Ditto. This monument can't have been completed before Alexander died, and then who would have bothered to complete it?...

I've always found it difficult to believe that the tomb could be that of Hephaestion - not least because he died in Ecbatana, before even considering the fact that he was cremated. I think the possibility that the tomb belonged to Roxane is intriguing, especially as she did die in Amphipolis. That s...

It's a nice pic. I suppose we shouldn't be surprised if the armour is Roman - just think of all those Renaissance paintings of Alexander where the armour isn't even *properly* Roman, but a mash-up of what 15th century painters *thought* was Roman! :-) Maybe AI didn't know the difference between Gre...

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One interesting point Cartledge makes is that Philip may not have intended taking Alexander with him to Asia and this was a good excuse as any for Alexander to get rid of him. I don't think Philip would have dared leave Alexander behind. The difficulty is, of course, that we have no way of knowing....

Alexias wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:24 pm This is quite old (2015), but available at present with Melvyn Bragg and Paul Cartledge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b06d9bkx

Super. I shall try to find some time to listen to this one.