Life Of Alexander The Great Podcast
1) Renaissance Episode 1 – Constantine The Great
Our new series, The Renaissance Times, launched on Dec 24, 2017. Here’s the first episode! Go check out the rest of the series at therenaissancetimes.com. At its peak, the Library of Ale...Show More
2) Subscribing To Renaissance
The Dark Ages are ending! As you may have realized, we published our very last Alexander episode last week! Now some of you might be wondering what to do now? Well, I had hoped I’d be able to j...Show More
3) #122 – The Last Show
Well, here we are. Three years, 122 episodes, some of which were a LOT longer than an hour, so probably around 130-140 hours of story. We started with 14 episodes covering the rise of Philip II of Mac...Show More
4) #111 – Ian Worthington
Professor Ian Worthington joins us again to talk about new book about Ptolemy! HOW TO LISTEN If you're already a subscriber, you can listen to the show below or subscribe through iTunes or any...Show More
5) #96 – The Lost Testament of Alexander with David Grant
David Grant has just published a truly unique and fascinating book called “In Search of the Lost Testament of Alexander”. We recently had him on to talk us through his theory. HOW TO ...Show More
6) #77 – JAMES ROMM
James Romm is an author, reviewer, and the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College in Annandale, NY. After getting his B.A. in Classics from Yale, he went on to earn a Ph.D. from Pr...Show More
7) #28 – The Battle Of Gaugamela, Part I
In this episode Alexander III of Macedon marches all the way from Alexandria in Egypt to Gaugamela (near Mosul in modern day Iraq) where Darius of Persia is waiting for him with the biggest army the w...Show More
8) #23 – The Battle Of Issus
It's late 333 BCE. Alexander faces Darius on the battlefield for the first time! He's outnumbered – 3 to 1 or even 11 to 1, depending on which source you believe. What does he do? He s...Show More
9) #18 – Battle of the Granicus River
In this exciting episode, we see Alexander engage the Persians for the first time! We also talk about Persian religion, Zoroastrianism, and talk a little about the achievements and history of the Pers...Show More
10) #14 – The Death Of A King
After six long months and 14 episodes we finally end Chapter One of our series with Philip II's assassination. It's one of the craziest stories you'll ever hear. We know who did it but ...Show More