https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/01/antiochus-great-greek-general-alexander-empire/
Hopefully not too bland an article...
Interesting. Of course he gets a good mention in the Greek/Roman histories mostly due to his westward advances. The eastern is less well known.
Antiochus would have been truly the Great if he had stopped going after the Roman camp after taking out a allied Roman Legion at Magnesia and had continued to roll up the Roman line. Apparently his friends used to tease him about this to his chagrin...
Ouch...
Quotebut was killed while pillaging a temple of Bel in Elymaïs, Persia. This marked a true glorious warrior's death.
A slightly unusual view of what constitutes a "glorious death".
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