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121: The Seleucid Empire - The Man They Called Sidetes

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May 26, 202600:43:15Society & Culture

Demetrius' disastrous campaign against the Parthians meant that the Seleucid Empire was on its last legs. The only man capable of bringing the realm back together was his brother, Antiochus VII Sidetes, who managed to sl...

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121: The Seleucid Empire - The Man They Called Sidetes is an episode from The Hellenistic Age Podcast by The Hellenistic Age Podcast. Demetrius' disastrous campaign against the Parthians meant that the Seleucid Empire was on its last legs....

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Demetrius' disastrous campaign against the Parthians meant that the Seleucid Empire was on its last legs. The only man capable of bringing the realm back together was his brother, Antiochus VII Sidetes, who managed to slay the pretender Diodotus Tryphon and subdue the new Hasmonean high priest John Hyrcanus. With the Parthian kingdom in the hands of the inexperienced Phraates II, Antiochus gambled everything on a final anabasis in 130 B.C. to recover Babylonia and restore the empire to its former glory. Episode Notes: ( Episode Transcript: ( Social Media: Twitter ( Facebook ( Instagram ( Bluesky ( Show Merchandise: Etsy ( Redbubble ( Donations: Patreon ( Ko-Fi ( Amazon Book Wish List (

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Published May 26, 2026 and 00:43:15 long