Macedonia had rough terrain and a cold climate
the people lived mostly in mountain villages instead of the city-states like Athens had
Most of the Macedonian nobles referred to themselves as greeks
once again the greeks thought that the macedonians were babric and not as civilized as the greeks
what other civilization did the greeks treat this way
after the Peloponnesian War several greek city-states were very weak
ecnomically and militaristically
Phillip 2nd was king of Macedonia around 360 BC
only 23 would he become king
brilliant general
was able to train peasants into warriors
his dream was to take over greece and avenge Persian invsion
invaded persia
Phillip organized his army into phalanxes of 16 men across by 16 men deep
all 256 men had to work together for this formation to work correctly
after the phalanx had broke through the enemys line he would then send cavalry to crush the disorganized or retreating opponents
Was taught by aristotle
spread hellenistic culture
very intellectual, kept a copy of the iliad under his pillow to remind him of the heroic achilles in the trojan war
alexander wanted to show his power early and when the people of Thebes rebelled , he destroyed their city and took 6000 lives
the surviviors were soldinto slavery ony the priests were spared
2nd part of blog
No i dont think he should have punished them so hard.
He wanted to prove his power but he didnt need to destroy their city and kill 6000 thousands lives. He couldve shown his power in a different way. Ya he got his point acrossed that he has power but then again hes gonna be known as the killer and not the mighty leader.
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