Article on Antiochus the Great

[Imperial Dave]

https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/01/antiochus-great-greek-general-alexander-empire/

Hopefully not too bland an article...

[Ian61]

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.

[Aetius]

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...

[Imperial Dave]

Ouch...

[Cantabrigian]

but 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".

[Imperial Dave]