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A little far from my country of residence... Well, in theory I will be giving a paper on "Darius III and the Crisis of Achaemenid Ideology" in Tartu in June http://caemc.ut.ee/icaem2017 I don't see any papers on Alexander in the program though ... mine is on how the Persians and Egyptians...

Interesting food for thought. How much did Philip's court differ from that of his predecessors? What innovations did he make, what new roles did he create? Alexander's court must have been heavily influenced by the logistical needs of the expedition, and subsequently by taking on the Persian civil s...

Pauline kindly sent me this link to a lecture in English by Katerina Peristeri - some excellent photos in it.

https://www.livemedia.gr/video/274511

In 'Mycenae Agamemnon's capital' by Elizabeth French (who excavated at Mycenae with her father A J B Wace), when discussing the Hellenistic history of the site, she says The treasuries he (Pausanius) mentions must be the tholos tombs several of which remained partially visible. It has been suggested...

She refers to 328/327 because our years run January to December, whilst Greek calendars generally began in Autumn ( e.g. Macedonian began 1st Dios =1st October aprox - because it was lunar this would shift slightly year to year). The main exceptions were Boeotia, whose calendar began in mid-winter,...

I think you may have missed my point. Have another read of my last post. 'Heracles' is supposedly born, or is claimed to have been born, at more or less the same time as Roxane's baby Alexander, who died at nine months. Many people would know that a son of Alexander was born at that time. My apolog...

Sorry, I have just re-read this and realised that you are trying to prove that because Heracles' birth is not recorded in the sources, the mention of the death of the first child of Roxane makes Heracles' parentage dubious. This is surely flawed logic as the death of one child does not disprove the ...

Anyone can sign up for free to jstor.org. You are just limited to reading 3 articles online (you have to place them on your bookshelf to read) at any one time. You then have to remove them from your bookshelf in order to read another article, but you cannot download them without paying for them.

Metz Epitome 70 is supported by a Hebrew Romance manuscript [MS cod heb 2797.10; Bodleian library Oxford], as reported in a thesis by the Canadian Heather Loube. "The King's son, Alexander, died at the age of nine months.On the same day his horse Busifal died.The King wept bitterly and ordered...

I really don't know, but it is my understanding that an amphictyonic league was a confederation of cities to protect a temple and its treasures. The Amphictyonic League was concerned with Delphi, but maybe the League of Corinth grew out of it to show a change in leadership, a change in venue and a c...

I'm glad to hear it. Hopefully it will encourage others to participate, and a proper discussion - in the sense of investigating a subject and sharing knowledge - will develop, rather than an argument for the sake of argument, which has to be won at all costs. This forum needs to be a place where peo...

Awesome second picture. Thanks for sharing.

There were so many strong generals and it was such a large empire, yes, I agree Alexander's sons wouldn't have had much chance whatever their age. But 14 was classed as a man in Macedonia and, for a prince, was only a few years from commanding regiments in the field and gaining respect, so a young ...

A question: if Heracles was in Pergamon at the time of Alexander's death, why didn't Antigonus or Antipater nab him as a figure head?

Derek, even if Alexander had had a son before he left for Asia, at most he would have been about 14. A moot point, but how long would he have lasted?

Nearchus may have been leaving in June to take advantage of the summer monsoon (June- Sept), when (I think) the prevailing winds blow from the northwest down the Persian Gulf.