011: The Age of Alexander - Alas, What Evil Customs Reign in Macedon

The lands of Bactria and Sogdiana take their toll on the Macedonians, with murder, marriage and Medism marking the difficult years of 329 - 327 BC. Twitter: twitter.com/HellenisticPod iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-h…d1377920930?mt=2 Sources Used: The Anabasis of Alexander – Arrian Life of Alexander – Plutarch Library of History – Diodorus Siculus The History of Alexander – Quintus Curtius Rufus Bowden, H. On Kissing and Making Up: Court Protocol and Historiography in Alexander the Great’s ‘Experiment with Proskynesis’ . Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, December 2013, Vol.56(2), pp.55-77 Carney, E. The Conspiracy of Hermolaus. The Classical Journal, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Feb. - Mar., 1981), pp. 223-231 Carney, E. The Death of Clitus. Holt, F.L. “Into the Land of Bones: Alexander the Great in Afghanistan” Romm, J. Alexander’s Policy of Perso-Macedonian Fusion. In “The Landmark Arrian”.