102: Antigonid Macedon - Sins of the Father

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

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Despite a controversial rise to the throne, King Perseus showed himself to be an able ruler. Continuing his father’s policies of restoring the strength of Macedonia, he earned a positive reputation across the Greek world through his philanthropy and general good behavior. His rising popularity earned the enmity of those like Eumenes II of Pergamon, who accused Perseus of secretly carrying out plans for a war against the Roman Republic, inheriting his father's schemes. Tensions would soon boil over, and the king would find himself in the crosshairs of the Senate, leading to the Third Macedonian War. Episode Notes: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/102-antigonid-macedon-sins-of-the-father/) Episode Transcript: (https://hellenisticagepodcast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/102-antigonid-macedon-sins-of-the-father-transcript.pdf) 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: Patreon (https://patreon.com/TheHellenisticAgePodcast) Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/hellenisticagepodcast) Amazon Book Wish List (https://tinyurl.com/vfw6ask)

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0:00.0	Hi there, you're listening to the Hellenistic Age podcast.
0:13.5	Episode 102, Antigin and Macedon, Sins of the Father The Death of King Philip V in 179 ended one of the longest reigns in the history of the Hellenistic period.
0:33.6	A time when the Antigna dynasty went from one of the premier powers of the Mediterranean
0:38.3	to a humbled kingdom recovering from its defeat at the hands of the Roman Republic, then having
0:43.5	regained much of its military and economic capabilities under his steady hand.
0:48.9	Dysfunctioned within the Antiguanian household had gained Perseus, the throne of Macedonia,
0:56.1	but Rome's shadow loomed over Greece, and the Senate would be watching for the next moves of this new young monarch.
1:01.3	Perseus was going to have to prove himself in a very different climate than when his father
1:05.8	had assumed the diadem, and with a desire for revenge said to burn within his heart, the eyes of the Greek world were
1:12.6	watching. As we discussed in the last episode, the dispute between Perseus and his brother
1:18.4	Demetrius over the crown is extremely controversial, and this also affects Perseus' secession
1:24.3	as well. Livy claims that shortly before Philip's death, the king decided
1:29.7	to proclaim a man named Antigonus, a great nephew of Antigonus III, Dozen, to be his heir,
1:35.8	lest his soul's surviving son lead his kingdom to destruction. When Philip died in Amphipolis,
1:41.7	the court was surprised by the prince's sudden arrival, as they
1:45.2	believed the news would not have reached him yet, but the royal physician Caligones had been
1:50.1	sending secret messages warning him of his father's impending demise.
1:54.6	Perseus then claimed the diadem as his birthright, and ordered the execution of Antigonus
1:59.5	to prevent any other challenges to the throne. He also ordered the execution of Antigonus to prevent any other challenges to the throne.
2:02.3	He also ordered the execution of Appellis, the official who helped orchestrate the discrediting of
2:07.4	Demetrius, perhaps a way to cover his own tracks. Such a retelling fits his devious nature as
2:14.2	emphasized in the sources in order to further discredit his legitimacy. But it seems more
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