macadonia had a very rough terrain and a cold climate. the people lived mostly in mountain villages. most of the macedonians nobles reffered to themselves as greek. once again the greeks thought that the macedonians were barbaric. after the pelopennesian war several greek city states were very week. phillip the II was the king of macedonian around 360 B.C. only 23 when he became king/ his dream was to take over Greece and avenge the persian invasion of greece in 480 B.C.
phillips tactics-
phillip organized jis army into phalaxes of 16 men across by 16 men deep.
an athenian orator named demosthenes tried to warn the greeks of the threat of phillip and told them to prepare and army.
phillip wanted to invade persia
at his daughters wedding phillip was stabbed to death by a one of his former guards men. his son alex proclaimed himself the kings of macedonia and he was later known as alexander the great.
ALexander the great- was taught by aristotle. spread hellenistic culture very intellectua kept a copy of the lliad under his bed.
homework
do you think alexander the great should have punished the people of thebes so harshly why or why not?
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