Hello, my name is Alexander Goodman and I am the host of the Antiquity in Question podcast.

We, like Derek, talk about the ancient world discussing topics from classical Greece,

the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and even more archaeological topics such as Egypt.

We release an episode once every two weeks on a Friday. There will be links below

to our podcast on all major podcasting websites and YouTube. If finding out if Alexander the Great

really was great, or if the Punic Wars meant Rome became an empire interesting to you, then do come

over and give us a listen. Our next podcast will be on the fall of the Rome Republic, and was it inevitable?

Episode 21, Assuming the diadem,

kingship in the Hellenistic Age.

In the 21st century, the notion of living under a rule of monarchy has become a relic of an old world.

We certainly have royal families who exist as a figurehead of their nations.

The Windsor family of the United Kingdom or the Imperial family of Japan come immediately to mind.

But the number of states actually dominated by the powers of a royal family or dynasty is actually

quite small. This trend has been in development since at least the Enlightenment age of the 18th century,

where the ideals of civil rights, political representation, and even thoughts of revolution

began to spread like wildfire across the world, and the notions of absolute monarchy were challenged.

Many of us living in these nations, much like the founders and thinkers who permeated the rise

of the modern state, have been influenced by these notions in our view of the ancient world.

It's hard not to imagine readers to feel a natural sympathy and inclination towards the democracy

of Athens, or the res public of republican Rome, as they may feel a k sympathy and inclination towards the democracy of Athens or the res public of

republican Rome, as they may feel a kinship through the spirit of political tradition that these

nations claim to be inheritors of. In light of history, it may be said that these are the

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