Dr. Graham Wrightson

He was welcomed in as a friend to Babylon without a fight and all this other propagandistic, ridiculous concepts. So Alexander does the same stuff with his personal historians, saying that he's the savior, freeing the people from Persian dominance. But now you have a new... And you're just not supposed to realize that point. So in most of those areas, it's fine. In India, it's newly conquered.

He was welcomed in as a friend to Babylon without a fight and all this other propagandistic, ridiculous concepts. So Alexander does the same stuff with his personal historians, saying that he's the savior, freeing the people from Persian dominance. But now you have a new... And you're just not supposed to realize that point. So in most of those areas, it's fine. In India, it's newly conquered.

But because it's newly conquered, they still have the same loyalty to the people that Alexander put in charge for the most part. And obviously, he's left garrisons and new cities in all these different places that he's been to. So when he dies in 323, it creates a vacuum, not...

But because it's newly conquered, they still have the same loyalty to the people that Alexander put in charge for the most part. And obviously, he's left garrisons and new cities in all these different places that he's been to. So when he dies in 323, it creates a vacuum, not...

But because it's newly conquered, they still have the same loyalty to the people that Alexander put in charge for the most part. And obviously, he's left garrisons and new cities in all these different places that he's been to. So when he dies in 323, it creates a vacuum, not...

that leads to separation of the whole empire, but a vacuum for who's going to rule the empire instead, because his one illegitimate son is a child and his wife is pregnant still with what turns out to be his legitimate, only legitimate son. And so his generals, who've been the ones fighting for him, obviously they didn't expect him to die so young.

that leads to separation of the whole empire, but a vacuum for who's going to rule the empire instead, because his one illegitimate son is a child and his wife is pregnant still with what turns out to be his legitimate, only legitimate son. And so his generals, who've been the ones fighting for him, obviously they didn't expect him to die so young.

that leads to separation of the whole empire, but a vacuum for who's going to rule the empire instead, because his one illegitimate son is a child and his wife is pregnant still with what turns out to be his legitimate, only legitimate son. And so his generals, who've been the ones fighting for him, obviously they didn't expect him to die so young.

And they didn't expect this power vacuum at the very top of the kingdom to appear. And in all Argiad history, it's a whole history of civil war, violence of brothers killing brothers and all sorts of fun stuff going on in the early Macedonian history. And that was when it was a small kingdom. So now it's a massive empire. It's even more to the fore as to what's going to happen.

And they didn't expect this power vacuum at the very top of the kingdom to appear. And in all Argiad history, it's a whole history of civil war, violence of brothers killing brothers and all sorts of fun stuff going on in the early Macedonian history. And that was when it was a small kingdom. So now it's a massive empire. It's even more to the fore as to what's going to happen.

And they didn't expect this power vacuum at the very top of the kingdom to appear. And in all Argiad history, it's a whole history of civil war, violence of brothers killing brothers and all sorts of fun stuff going on in the early Macedonian history. And that was when it was a small kingdom. So now it's a massive empire. It's even more to the fore as to what's going to happen.

And so the cultural context is that he's begun the integration in these different places with all these cities he's founded. And that remains through the Hellenistic period, especially in Asia and Egypt. The one problem area was Greece, which we'll come back to. But his generals have to decide... What are we going to do? Do we favour the illegitimate son that's already alive?

And so the cultural context is that he's begun the integration in these different places with all these cities he's founded. And that remains through the Hellenistic period, especially in Asia and Egypt. The one problem area was Greece, which we'll come back to. But his generals have to decide... What are we going to do? Do we favour the illegitimate son that's already alive?

And so the cultural context is that he's begun the integration in these different places with all these cities he's founded. And that remains through the Hellenistic period, especially in Asia and Egypt. The one problem area was Greece, which we'll come back to. But his generals have to decide... What are we going to do? Do we favour the illegitimate son that's already alive?

Do we favour the pregnant wife? Or do we favour his brother, who happens to be older but is not trusted because of his epilepsy or whatever other... He's got something which means that he can't rule without help.

Do we favour the pregnant wife? Or do we favour his brother, who happens to be older but is not trusted because of his epilepsy or whatever other... He's got something which means that he can't rule without help.

Do we favour the pregnant wife? Or do we favour his brother, who happens to be older but is not trusted because of his epilepsy or whatever other... He's got something which means that he can't rule without help.

Yeah, just like Henry VI in England, for those British folk who know that stuff, he has bouts of...

Yeah, just like Henry VI in England, for those British folk who know that stuff, he has bouts of...

Yeah, just like Henry VI in England, for those British folk who know that stuff, he has bouts of...