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\u201cI am engaged in a land of a leonine and brave people, where every foot of the ground is like a wall of steel confronting my soldiers.\xa0 You have brought only one Alexander into the world, but every mother in this land has brought an Alexander into the world.\u201d \u2013 Alexander the Great, in a letter written to his mother Olympias from Bactria\n\n\nSynopsis: Five years of campaigning brought Alexander the Great to the doorstep of Bactria, but he\u2019d spend much of the next three years \u2013 arguably the most difficult of his life \u2013 trying to control the region. \xa0In this first episode of an occasional series called \u201cThe Ancient World \u2013 Spotlight\u201d I\u2019m joined by historian and author Tristan Hughes to discuss the uprising of the Sogdian warlord Spitamenes, quite possibly Alexander\u2019s greatest foe, and the later revolts of Hellenic troops upon news of Alexander\u2019s death.\n\n\nTristan Hughes @BattlesAncients on Twitter\n\nBattles of the Ancients website www.turningpointsoftheancientworld.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices