Tristan Hughes

But that is the aftermath of Isis, isn't it?

We've only done a year and a half, but packed a lot into it.

The next episode, we're going to explore the road to Babylon and ultimately the road to Afghanistan, because this is another really fascinating period in Alexander's story.

finishing with the Mediterranean and then going deep into the Middle East.

Just the beginning.

Adrian, thank you so much for taking the time to come back on the show for episode two.

Thanks for having me.

That was episode two of our special series about Alexander the Great with the one and only Dr. Adrian Goldsworthy.

I hope you enjoyed the episode.

In the next episode, we will be continuing the story.

We'll explore how Alexander goes from southeastern Turkey today.

He goes down the coastline of the Mediterranean.

Big sieges at places like Tyre and Gaza.

His venture to Egypt and an oracle in the desert west of Egypt.

before finally him continuing eastwards and the great rematch between Alexander and the Persian king Darius III on the plains of Gaugamela, the biggest battle of Alexander's career.

That is all to come in Episode 3.

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