Notes:
Not Seeing eye to eye:
- most of the macedonian nobles referred to themselves as Greeks
- the greeks thought that that Macedonians were barbaric and not as civilized
Changes:
- After the Peloponnesian War Several Greek city-states were very weak both economically and militaristically
- when there is weaknes or a struggle there is usually a predator or someone else to take advantage of the opporutunity
Macedonian Leadership:
- Phillip II was the king of Macedonia around 360 B.C.
Phillips Tactics:
- 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 throught the enemys line, he would then send in cavalry to crush the disorganized or retreating opponents
Conquest for Greece:
- An Athenian orator named Demosthenes tried to warn the Greeks of the threat of Phillip and told then to prepare an army
- However, the city-states of Greece couldnt come up with united response
- Finally Athens and tHebes decide to stand up to PHillip but it was to late
- Greek independene was lost to King Phillip
New Leader:
- Phillip wanted to invade persia next
- he was stabbed to death by a former guard at his daughters wedding
- his son immediatly proclaimed himself as king of Macedonia, later known as Alex the Great
Alexander the Great:
- taught by Aristotle
- spread hellenistic culture
- kept a copy of the Iliad under his pillow to remind him of the heroic of Achilles in the Trojan War
- wanted to show his power early, but when the people rebelled he destroyed their city and tok 6,000 lives
- survivors were sold into slavery and only the preists were not sold as slaves
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