Macedonia
Had rough terrain. people lived in villages and had a colder climate.
Most of the nobles viewed themselves as Greek but Greeks did not see them as Greeks.
Greeks treated Sparta the same way. They thought they were barbaric. Peloponnesian war fought between dellian league hit by sickness.
Phillip the 2nd king of Macedonia around 360 BC
On 23 he became king
Brilliant general.
Was able to train peasants into warriors
His dream was to take over Persia.
Used same fighting formation the Phalanxes increased to 16 by 16. All men had to work together.
After line was broke Calvary would pick off the remaining men there.
Greeks were warned about Philips threat but was to late.
they lost there independence to king Philip.
Next on Philips agenda was to invade Persia. but was stabbed in back at daughters wedding. Alexander the great declares himself king.
Alexander the great was taught by Aristotle. when he was young he took a horse that couldn't be broke and did. When he came to power burnt city's and made slaves to those who were going to rebel to show he was not going to be messed with.
Next invaded Persia and used Calvary first caught them off guard.
worked very good and defeated the Persians.
Victory alarmed the Persian king. His response was to raise a huge army. Another tactic was to kill the king.
the Persian king fled and so did his army.
Yes it was the right thing to do it killed all the hopes of a rebellion. If he had not done this he could have been killed and a new leader would have rose. He was smart to kill there hopes before things got out of hand. They would probably never try and revolt again because of the harsh punishment that they would receive if they did not over throw the king.
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