024: Pyrrhus - The World of Epirus, & the Early Years (319-286 BC)

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🗓️ 3 April 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In the first in a multi-part series on the life of Pyrrhus, the Molossian King of Epirus, we chronicle the transformation of the fragmented and backwater region of Epirus into a major power in the Balkans and Greek Peninsula. We then follow the initial years of Pyrrhus' career amidst the Wars of the Diadochi, being shuffled from court to court, before finally recovering his kingdom. Title Theme: Seikilos Epitapth with the Lyre of Apollo, played by Lina Palera (https://soundcloud.com/user-994392473) The Silk Road History Podcast: Website (http://www.thesilkroadhistorypodcast.com/) iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silk-road-history-podcast/id1381117186?mt=2) Podbean (https://silkroadhistory.podbean.com) Show Links Website/Episode Notes:(https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/024-pyrrhus-the-world-of-epirus-the-early-years-319-296-bc/) iTunes: (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hellenistic-age-podcast/id1377920930?mt=2) SoundCloud: (https://soundcloud.com/user-103425037/024-pyrrhus-the-world-of-epirus-the-early-years-319-286-bc) Stitcher: (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-hell%E2%80%A6stic-age-podcast) Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/hellenisticagepodcast/) Twitter: (https://twitter.com/HellenisticPod)

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0:00.0	Greetings everyone, Nathan Cherry here, host of the Silk Road History Podcast.
0:06.0	I hope you're all enjoying the Hellenistic Age podcast, which is one of my favorite podcasts about the history of the ancient world.
0:15.0	And if you enjoy the Hellenistic Age podcast, especially all of those episodes about Alexander's escapades
0:23.1	and Afghanistan, India, and Central Asia, that might I suggest taking a listen to my podcast,
0:30.9	the Silk Road History Podcast.
0:33.0	The Silk Road History Podcast explores the history of the Silk Roads, of course, China, Central
0:40.4	Asia, India, and beyond, from the very depths of history to the modern day.
0:48.3	On the Silk Road History podcast, I shine a light onto this much neglected but most fascinating
0:53.5	part of history, trying to show in
0:55.9	their full glory the bloody battles, daring escapades, larger-than-life characters, and unique
1:03.0	and bizarre happenings. As Derek has shown on the Hellenistic Age, the ancient world was
1:09.4	deeply interwoven and interconnected,
1:12.5	and the Silk Road, or rather the Silk Roads, were what tied it all together.
1:17.0	If you like the sound of that, then why not go on over to www.the Silk Road History Podcast.com
1:22.4	and give the show a listen, or find us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. I hope that you'll join me on the
1:29.9	next episode of the Silk Road History podcast. But without further ado, enjoy this episode of the Hellenistic
1:37.5	Age podcast.
2:00.4	Episode 24, Pyrus Part 1, the world of Epirus and the early years, 319 to 296 BC.
2:13.0	There is a chance dinner conversation that is recorded by many ancient historians,
2:18.3	taking place at the court of the Salucid King Antiochus III in 193 BC.
2:25.3	The event is almost certainly fiction, but in it, Hannibal Barka, the famous Carthaginian general of the Second Punic War, was residing at the court after fleeing Carthage in fear of assassination.
2:40.0	The famed Roman general who defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama nearly a decade prior,
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