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Episode Synopsis
Seleucus II may have been in our focus for the political and military drama so far, but he also has a wife and children who will become the players on the stage in the next generation. Let's take some time to introduce them while we still have some breathing space...Sources for this episode: Bevan, E. R. (1902), The House of Seleucus (Vol. I). London: Edward Arthur. Espenshade, T. J., Guzman, J. C. and Westoff, C. F. (2003), The surprising global variation in replacement fertility. Population Research and Policy Review 22: 575-583. Grainger, J. D. (2014), The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323- 223 BCE), Seleukos I to Seleukos III. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd. (eBook). Griffifth, G. T., Sherwin-White, S. M. and van der Spek, R. J. (2016), Antiochus (3) III. Chapter in: Oxford Classical Dictionary. Lendering, J., Livius (2006, updated 2020), Laodice II (online) (Accessed 12/01/2024). Pilkington, N. (2013), Growing Up Roman: Infant Mortality and Reproductive Development. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 44(1): 1-35. Polybius (1979), Polybius the Histories, in Six Volumes (Volume II). Translated by W. R. Paton. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann, Ltd. Polybius (1979), Polybius the Histories, in Six Volumes (Volume III). Translated by W. R. Paton. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press and William Heinemann, Ltd. Rawlinson, G. (1871), A Manual of Ancient History, From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the Western Empire. Comprising the History of Chaldea, Assyria, Media, Babylonia, Lydia, Phoenicia, Syria, Judaea, Egypt, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Macedonia, Parthia, and Rome. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Rousso, D., Panidis, D., Gkoutzioulis, F., Kourtis, A., Mavromatidis, G. and Kalahanis, I. (2002), Effect of the interval between pregnancies on the health of mother and child. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 105: 4-6. Snow, P. and Macmillan, A. (2022), Kings & Queens: The Real Lives of the English Monarchs. London: Welbeck. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antiochis (online) (Accessed 12/01/2024). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown) Antiochus III the Great (online) (Accessed 12/01/2023). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Laodice II (online) (Accessed 12/01/2023). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Lysimachus of Egypt (online) (Accessed 12/01/2024). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Seleucus II Callinicus (online) (Accessed 12/01/2023). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown) Seleucus III (online) (Accessed 12/01/2023). Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown) Xerxes of Sophene (online) (Accessed 12/01/2024).
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