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Bactria is the other big power in our eastern question. Today we will be introducing the state, as well as covering the efforts of Seleucus II to retake the east of his empire.



Sources for this episode:


Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
 Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Diodotus I (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Diodotus II (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).

Seleucus is beginning to head out eastwards again- somewhere we haven't been for a long time. Let's familiarise ourselves with Andragoras, governor of Parthia, and the Parsi who we last discussed in episode 42...



Sources for this episode:


Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
Broderson, K. (1986), The Date of the Secession of Parthia from the Seleucid Kingdom. Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte 35(3): 378-381.
Dobbins, K. W. (1974), Mithridates II and his Successors: A Study of the Parthian Crisis 90-70 B.C. Antichthon 8: 63-79.
The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), Andragoras (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).
Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook).
Lendering, J., Livius (2018, last changed 2020), Arsaces II (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).
Lendering, J., Livius (2018, last changed 2020), Arsaces III Phriapatius (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).
Olbrycht, M. J. (2014), The genealogy of Artabanos II (AD 8/9- 39/40), King of Parthia. Miscellanea Antrhopologica et Sociologica 15(3): 92-97.
Rawlinson, G. (1871), A Manual of Ancient History, From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire. Comprising the History of Chaldea, Assyria, Media, Babylonia, Lydia, Phoenicia, Syria, Judaea, Egypt, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Macedonia, Parthia, and Rome. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers.
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Andragoras (Seleucid satrap) (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Priapatius (online) (Accessed 04/03/2024).

After Hierax evicted Seleucus from Anatolia, the peninsula descended into chaos. But one of the monarchs of the Hellenistic period would not stand for that. It's time for Attalus I of Pergamon to step up to the plate...



Sources for this episode:




Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook).
Norwich, J. J. (2013), A Short History of Byzantium. London: The Penguin Group.
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Attalus I (online) (Accessed 29/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Kingdom of Pergamon (online) (Accessed 01/03/2024).

Antiochus Hierax and Seleucus II are finally going to have something of a showdown in the Fraternal War. Ancyra is waiting for us- but the results might not be pretty.



Sources for this episode:


Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), Ankara (online) (Accessed c. 01/03/2024).
Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook).

239 BCE saw the death of someone who has been in the background of our Seleucid story for what feels like forever. As such, we should give him a proper sendoff. Say goodbye to Antigonus II...



Sources for this episode:


Bennett, J. E., Li, G., Foreman, K., Best, N., Kontis, V., Pearson, C., Hambly, P. and Ezzati, M. (2015), The future of life expectancy and life expectancy inequalities in England and Wales: Bayesian spatiotemporal forecasting. Lancet 386: 163-170.
Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
Bevan, E. R. (1914), A History of Egypt under the Ptolemaic Dynasty. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd.
Harju, O. (2018), Male Heirs, Bastard King, Catholic England and Other Alternatives: A Counterfactual History Analysis of Henry VIII's Three Sons. Bachelor's thesis submitted to the University of Oulu.
Keynes 2005 (reference to be updated)
Volkmann, H., Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), Antigonus II Gonatas (online) (Accessed 27/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antigonus II Gonatas (online) (Accessed 27/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Demetrius II Aetolicus (online) (Accessed 27/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign (online) (Accessed 27/02/2024).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Philip V of Macedon (online) (Accessed 27/02/2024).

Hierax is making his move and Seleucus II is doing his best to counteract it. Let's see how he does in the early phases of what is known as the Fraternal War.



Sources for this episode:


Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur.
The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2024), Ankara (online) (Accessed c.27/02/2024).
The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2023), Lydia (online) (Accessed c.27/02/2024).
 Grainger, J. D., (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook).
Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Mithridates II of Pontus (online) (Accessed 27/02/2024).