Dr. Graham Wrightson

But then you could take Demetrius and Pyrrhus, as I said, who are the next generation, but they are in the same time frame

But then you could take Demetrius and Pyrrhus, as I said, who are the next generation, but they are in the same time frame

And so most people accept that it's Demetrius' reconquest of Macedon from Pyrrhus, and then Pyrrhus' death when he's trying to conquer Argos and Greece from Demetrius and his son Antigonus, that we really see the end of the successive period with Pyrrhus' death, because then we're into the established kingdoms of the Antigonids in Greece and Macedon, the Seleucids in Asia, and the Ptolemies in Egypt.

And so most people accept that it's Demetrius' reconquest of Macedon from Pyrrhus, and then Pyrrhus' death when he's trying to conquer Argos and Greece from Demetrius and his son Antigonus, that we really see the end of the successive period with Pyrrhus' death, because then we're into the established kingdoms of the Antigonids in Greece and Macedon, the Seleucids in Asia, and the Ptolemies in Egypt.

And so most people accept that it's Demetrius' reconquest of Macedon from Pyrrhus, and then Pyrrhus' death when he's trying to conquer Argos and Greece from Demetrius and his son Antigonus, that we really see the end of the successive period with Pyrrhus' death, because then we're into the established kingdoms of the Antigonids in Greece and Macedon, the Seleucids in Asia, and the Ptolemies in Egypt.

and by 270 ish when pyrrhus dies that's when we get the hellenistic period is established no more really is there a realistic concept of the different kings taking over each other's kingdoms and reunifying the mythical empire of alexander right that whole concept of the propaganda of alexander now disappears

and by 270 ish when pyrrhus dies that's when we get the hellenistic period is established no more really is there a realistic concept of the different kings taking over each other's kingdoms and reunifying the mythical empire of alexander right that whole concept of the propaganda of alexander now disappears

and by 270 ish when pyrrhus dies that's when we get the hellenistic period is established no more really is there a realistic concept of the different kings taking over each other's kingdoms and reunifying the mythical empire of alexander right that whole concept of the propaganda of alexander now disappears

And it's no longer an idea of reunifying Alexander's empire, but of establishing your own kingdom. And that's really the big difference, because Pyrrhus is still trying to theoretically reconstitute Alexander's empire as Alexander's last surviving relative, as his nephew.

And it's no longer an idea of reunifying Alexander's empire, but of establishing your own kingdom. And that's really the big difference, because Pyrrhus is still trying to theoretically reconstitute Alexander's empire as Alexander's last surviving relative, as his nephew.

And it's no longer an idea of reunifying Alexander's empire, but of establishing your own kingdom. And that's really the big difference, because Pyrrhus is still trying to theoretically reconstitute Alexander's empire as Alexander's last surviving relative, as his nephew.

But his death as this sort of ADHD purist, I call him, where he fights all these campaigns and never finishes any of them because a better one comes along. His death sort of ends this era of the concept of a Greek unified empire. And we get into what we call the Hellenistic period of the kingdoms where they are independent, doing their own thing.

But his death as this sort of ADHD purist, I call him, where he fights all these campaigns and never finishes any of them because a better one comes along. His death sort of ends this era of the concept of a Greek unified empire. And we get into what we call the Hellenistic period of the kingdoms where they are independent, doing their own thing.

But his death as this sort of ADHD purist, I call him, where he fights all these campaigns and never finishes any of them because a better one comes along. His death sort of ends this era of the concept of a Greek unified empire. And we get into what we call the Hellenistic period of the kingdoms where they are independent, doing their own thing.

And we get a whole bunch of other different kingdoms arrive in the 270s too, like Pergamum. Greco-Bactria, Parthia, Pontus, all these different ones sort of formulate. As these kingdoms become isolated or sort of inward-looking, they no longer have the power to call on to externally conquered places. And so that changes our viewpoint.

And we get a whole bunch of other different kingdoms arrive in the 270s too, like Pergamum. Greco-Bactria, Parthia, Pontus, all these different ones sort of formulate. As these kingdoms become isolated or sort of inward-looking, they no longer have the power to call on to externally conquered places. And so that changes our viewpoint.

And we get a whole bunch of other different kingdoms arrive in the 270s too, like Pergamum. Greco-Bactria, Parthia, Pontus, all these different ones sort of formulate. As these kingdoms become isolated or sort of inward-looking, they no longer have the power to call on to externally conquered places. And so that changes our viewpoint.

And so then the Hellenistic world becomes about solidifying culture rather than reunifying Alexander.

And so then the Hellenistic world becomes about solidifying culture rather than reunifying Alexander.

And so then the Hellenistic world becomes about solidifying culture rather than reunifying Alexander.