Dr. Graham Wrightson
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I don't know if he's compensating for something, but he is certainly into the huge ships and these huge siege towers.
So the successor period, either you take it with the death of all the age of generals, or you take it on when they...
So the successor period, either you take it with the death of all the age of generals, or you take it on when they...
So the successor period, either you take it with the death of all the age of generals, or you take it on when they...
become happy with the status quo i guess so my first book and my phd thesis took the end of the main successor period being the battle of ipsus in 301 the titanic final battle isn't it yes like this huge climatic battle is huge armies like there's a hundred thousand maybe even 120 000 on one side and almost 80 000 on the other including also lucas's 500 elephants
become happy with the status quo i guess so my first book and my phd thesis took the end of the main successor period being the battle of ipsus in 301 the titanic final battle isn't it yes like this huge climatic battle is huge armies like there's a hundred thousand maybe even 120 000 on one side and almost 80 000 on the other including also lucas's 500 elephants
become happy with the status quo i guess so my first book and my phd thesis took the end of the main successor period being the battle of ipsus in 301 the titanic final battle isn't it yes like this huge climatic battle is huge armies like there's a hundred thousand maybe even 120 000 on one side and almost 80 000 on the other including also lucas's 500 elephants
huge battle we haven't had that in any greek warfare beforehand or since on the greek side right obviously against the persians they had massive armies for alexander but the death of antigonus and the exile of demetrius as his pirate king sort of establishes the status quo that these other four allied kings cassandra in macedon by simicus in thrace
huge battle we haven't had that in any greek warfare beforehand or since on the greek side right obviously against the persians they had massive armies for alexander but the death of antigonus and the exile of demetrius as his pirate king sort of establishes the status quo that these other four allied kings cassandra in macedon by simicus in thrace
huge battle we haven't had that in any greek warfare beforehand or since on the greek side right obviously against the persians they had massive armies for alexander but the death of antigonus and the exile of demetrius as his pirate king sort of establishes the status quo that these other four allied kings cassandra in macedon by simicus in thrace
Seleucus in Asia and Ptolemy in Egypt once Antigonus is defeated they sort of accept that each of their status quo for the most part but then they go off and fight each other Seleucus when Cassander is got rid of comes to take over Macedon and has to go through Thrace and we get the battle of
Seleucus in Asia and Ptolemy in Egypt once Antigonus is defeated they sort of accept that each of their status quo for the most part but then they go off and fight each other Seleucus when Cassander is got rid of comes to take over Macedon and has to go through Thrace and we get the battle of
Seleucus in Asia and Ptolemy in Egypt once Antigonus is defeated they sort of accept that each of their status quo for the most part but then they go off and fight each other Seleucus when Cassander is got rid of comes to take over Macedon and has to go through Thrace and we get the battle of
where Seleucus fights Lysimachus and you get these two octogenarians leading cavalry charges at the front of their cavalry on horseback with spears and stuff as well. I think Seleucus is 79 and Lysimachus is 81 or something, and they are fighting in the battle, right? And Lysimachus dies in the cavalry charge, supposedly personally killed by Seleucus. And then Seleucus wins in triumph.
where Seleucus fights Lysimachus and you get these two octogenarians leading cavalry charges at the front of their cavalry on horseback with spears and stuff as well. I think Seleucus is 79 and Lysimachus is 81 or something, and they are fighting in the battle, right? And Lysimachus dies in the cavalry charge, supposedly personally killed by Seleucus. And then Seleucus wins in triumph.
where Seleucus fights Lysimachus and you get these two octogenarians leading cavalry charges at the front of their cavalry on horseback with spears and stuff as well. I think Seleucus is 79 and Lysimachus is 81 or something, and they are fighting in the battle, right? And Lysimachus dies in the cavalry charge, supposedly personally killed by Seleucus. And then Seleucus wins in triumph.
He's going to march into Macedon and reunify all of Alexander's empire. And then he's murdered by his corrupt, evil nephew, one of the great villains of the successor period, Ptolemy Karanus, who just gets around causing trouble everywhere. And so Seleucus's death is generally taken as sort of the end of the successors of the generals of Alexander.
He's going to march into Macedon and reunify all of Alexander's empire. And then he's murdered by his corrupt, evil nephew, one of the great villains of the successor period, Ptolemy Karanus, who just gets around causing trouble everywhere. And so Seleucus's death is generally taken as sort of the end of the successors of the generals of Alexander.
He's going to march into Macedon and reunify all of Alexander's empire. And then he's murdered by his corrupt, evil nephew, one of the great villains of the successor period, Ptolemy Karanus, who just gets around causing trouble everywhere. And so Seleucus's death is generally taken as sort of the end of the successors of the generals of Alexander.
But then you could take Demetrius and Pyrrhus, as I said, who are the next generation, but they are in the same time frame