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Demetrius looked out towards the Rhodian Harbor his attempts to take the Rhodian harbor had so far failed the Rhodians had failed he wasn't sure what move to make next he might need to focus more on the land attacks and create a siege engine similar to the one at Salamis one year ago a then a...

APOLLONIDAI OF THE OIKOUMENE Averting Evil, Fall 31 Meta Seleukos to Spring 31 Meta Seleukos There was a stirring in the room behind him. Demetrios, no novice to guard duty, opened his eyes and stiffened to attention. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Metron across the doorway doing the same...

So let's say large disparate parts of Alexander's empire are able to be ruled by one state for a long time. Whether it's Alexander or Seleucus or Antigonus who starts the government, I think it's fair to say the main capital will be in Mesopotamia or Syria. The Achaemenid administrative...

Before Eumenes had his famous confrontations and battles with Antigonus in Persia proper, he initially raised forces in Phoenicia, acquired treasure from Cyinda, and won the allegiance of the Silver Shields, the famed veterans of Philip II and Alexander's campaigns, setting up a shrine to...

In 245 BC, during the Third Syrian War, Ptolemy III had been vastly more successful than any previous Ptolemaic basileus or pharaoh, reaching Babylon even. He was only forced to turn back after a weak inundation and high taxes lead to a revolt by native Egyptians, possibly exacerbated by...

In 305-303 BC, the expanding empire of Chandragupta and the young Diadochi realm of Seleucus fought somewhere in the Indus Valley or Hindu Kush mountains. Seleucus, having secured the Upper Satrapies and expelled Antigonus and his son from Mesopotamia, was free to turn his attention east, for a...

Despite the fact that we know virtually nothing about it except for it's occurence, and that Chandragupta gained vast territories in the east afterwards, including Arachosia, Gedrosia, and Paropamisadae, and in return, Seleucus recieved 500 elephants from him, while it might be an exaggeration...

In 321 BC, after Perdiccas had failed miserably on his campaign in Egypt to subdue Ptolemy, his army marched back, and the anti-Perdiccan factions gathered at Triparadeisos to divide the empire and figure out the post-war situation. Ptolemy was offered the regency, but declined, and Peithon and...

Seleucus was one of the longest-lived and most successful Diadochi, managing to take all of Alexander's empire, save for Egypt, by the time of his assassination in 281 BC. However, he was a very minor character at the start, and only received a satrapy after Perdiccas had been killed. He...

In 301 BC, during the battle of Ipsus, Antiochus was commanding the left flank of the allies. His flank was soon routed and pursued by Demetrius cavalry, but Antiochus survived, while Seleucus cut off Demetrius from the rest of his army using elephants, allowing the main Antigonid army to be...

In 281 BC, after defeating Lysimachus, Seleucus I Nicator had essentially taken over the entire Asian part of Alexander’s Empire, and was preparing to cross into Macedonia and Thrace. However, before his invasion could commence, Seleucus was assasinated by Ptolemy Ceraunus. What if Seleucus had...

In 311 BCE, Seleukos, traveling from Egypt with 1,000 soldiers originally and 2,000 more from colonies and Makedonian veterans joining his cause, entered Babylon and was accepted as the new ruler. Of course, Nikanor and Evagoras, the satraps of Media and Aria respectively, intervened with 17,000...

Of satraps and kings Prelude Megos Alexandros III Argead The ascension of Philip II to the Makedonian throne in 359 BCE signaled a defining moment in Makedonian, Greek, and even world history. Makedon, a largely irrelevant backwater in the Greek world for generations, had been...