In this episode, we discuss the political happenings during the reign of the Persian king, Cambyses, with a particular focus on Polykrates of Samos; the Persian conquest of Egypt; the failed campaigns in Africa against the Nubians, Cyreneans, and Carthaginians; and the “madness" of Cambyses
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2017/02/032-cambyses.html
Intro by Drew Vahrenkamp of the Wonders of the World Podcast
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