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BONUS: If Alexander The Great Hadn’t Died, He Might Have Conquered Europe, Circumnavigated Africa, and Built His Own Silk Road Dec 21, 2022

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If Alexander The Great Hadn’t Died, He Might Have Conquered Europe, Circumnavigated Africa, and Built His Own Silk Road
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If Alexander The Great Hadn’t Died, He Might Have Conquered Europe, Circumnavigated Africa, and Built His Own Silk Road “And Alexander wept, seeing as he had no more worlds to conquer.” That’s a quote from Hans Gruber in Die Hard, which is a very convoluted paraphrase from Plutarch’s essay collection “Moralia.” Despite the questionable sourcing, there’s plenty of truth in that unattributed quote from Mr. Gruber. Alexander the Great’s death at 323 BC in Babylon marked the end of the most consequential military campaign in antiquity. He left behind an empire that stretched from Greece to India, planted the seeds of the Silk Road, and made Greek an international language across Eurasia, all in 13 short years. He became and remained the biggest celebrity in the ancient world, probably only replaced by Jesus a few centuries into the Christian era. But what if he had not died as a young man? What if he had lived years or decades more? How much more influence could he have had? We have clues about Alexander’s plans for the future – and they come from Greek chroniclers Diodorus and Arrian, writing centuries after his death. They include conquering the Mediterranean coast all the way to the Pillars of Hercules (Rock of Gibraltar), building a tomb for his father Philp that would be as large as the Great Pyramid of Giza, and transplanting populations from Greece to Persia and vice versa to unite his domains through intermarriage. To explore this hypothetical scenario is Anthony Everitt, author of “Alexander the Great: His Life and...

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Teaser - Utopia Lost Dec 21, 2022

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Coming this week on the History of the Papacy!
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119.21 Karl Marx vs The Papacy Dec 16, 2022

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Today we are joined by Professor Andrew Hartman, professor of History at Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences to talk about the life and times of Karl Marx. We will examine how Marx developed his ideas and how those ideas conflicted with the Papacy and Catholic Church.
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Teaser - A Radical Education Dec 14, 2022

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The Most Overlooked People in History Includes a President and a Farmer Who Saved 2 Billion Lives Dec 09, 2022

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Today’s episode is a round table of the podcasters who make up the Parthenon Podcast Network (Steve Guerra from Beyond the Big Screen; Josh Cohen from Eyewitness History, Richard Lim from This American President, and Scott Rank from History Unplugged). We discuss the most overlooked and underappreciated people in history and get into why they were overlooked and underappreciated in the first place.

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Coming Soon Stay in Your Lane a Malthus Dec 07, 2022

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119.20 A Separation of Church and Modern Society Dec 02, 2022

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Today we look at the development of the Roman Catholic teachings on economics, personal liberty and moral philosophy. We will compare and contrast those ideas with the “modernist” ideas that came out of the Enlightenment.
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"Intended Force" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Teaser - Not An Ideal Enlightenment Nov 30, 2022

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119.19 A Bumpy Transition from Medieval to Modern Nov 25, 2022

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Today’s episode is a re-release of an episode I did with Dr. Phil Magness on the role early modern Spanish theologians had on the development of economic thought. The next several episodes will examine the evolution of economic thought in Europe and within the Church and the Papacy from the Medieval Era to the Early Modern Period.
Today’s Guest:
Phil Magness of the American Institute for Economic Research
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"Funeral March for Brass" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Intended Force" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Agnus Dei X - Bitter Suite Kevin MacLeaod (incomptech.com)
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