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Alexander the Great's Mad Scientist

2026-07-30 · 72 min · episode 687 · 12 entities

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Episode description as stored
<p><strong>WARNING: graphic descriptions of violence and warfare</strong></p> <p>Meet Diades, Alexander the Great’s overlooked military engineer, the man who made the impossible siege of Tyre happen.</p><p>Tristan Hughes and Professor Edmund Richardson retell the thrilling, brutal, brilliant story of invention, ambition, and ancient warfare at its most extreme.</p><p>In 332 BC, he turned a coastal blockade into a 1km causeway, then faced fire ships, molten sand, and a city that refused to yield.</p> <p><strong>MORE</strong></p><p><strong>Alexander the Great | Rise to Power</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alexander-the-great-rise-to-power/id1520403988?i=1000747048389" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/13rQ0E2P3rSaHOSztcK41N" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p> <p><strong>Tyre: The Jewel of Phoenicia</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyre-jewel-of-phoenicia/id1520403988?i=1000630332852" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/28ia0jWJaqLsCXTvqJAZ4d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p> <p><strong>The Ancients is now on YouTube! Watch here: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheAncientsPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>@TheAncientsPodcast</strong></a></p> <p>Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Tim Astall. Produced by Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds</p><p><em>The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.</em></p> <p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week, PLUS early access, ad-free podcasts. Sign up at </strong><a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>