Interview: "Alexander's Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years" w/ Tristan Hughes
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Fellow history podcaster Tristan Hughes (The Ancients Podcast) joins the show to discuss his new book, "Alexander's Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years, 323-320 BC", which covers the first tumultuous years of the Wars of the Successors. Though framed around the career of Perdiccas, the standing regent of Philip III Arrhidaeus and Alexander IV, the book itself dedicates to covering the wide-reaching events that gripped Europe and Asia as the Argead Empire began to struggle in its first death throes. Episode Notes; (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2022/01/26/interview-alexanders-successors-at-war-the-perdiccas-years-323-320-bc-w-tristan-hughes/) Tristan Hughes Links; Book Page (https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Perdiccas-Years-323320-BC-Hardback/p/20188) Twitter (https://twitter.com/ancientstristan?s=20) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ancientstristan/) The Ancients Podcast (https://access.historyhit.com/the-ancients) Social Media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod) Facebook (www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hellenistic_age_podcast/) Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/hellenisticagepodcast) Show Merchandise: Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/shop/HellenisticAgePod) Redbubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/HellenisticPod/shop?asc=u) Donations: Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast) Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)
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