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EP9 Glimpses of Olympias

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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Olympius and Alexander Did It

There's a lot of different theories here. And when you hear the rationales for them, you kind of go with a bunch of them going, yeah, that makes sense. In the 1970s, when I read Alexander of Macadon, Peter Green was firmly in the camp of those who thought Olympius and Alexander did it, a dynastic hit. Now, his views may have updated since then. It doesn't mean better because there's a whole lot of people still think Olympius andAlexander did it. But the story, you know, you want to compare it to the JFK assassination,. At the same time, it makes it look so vanilla and boring by comparison.

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