Geography
macedonia had rough terrian and a cold climat. The people lived mostly in mountain
not seeing eye to eye
most of the macidonian nobles refered to themselves a greeks. once again the greeks thought that the macedoians were barbaric and not a civilized as the greeks. What other cicilization ddit the greeks treat this way?
Changes
After the Peloponnesian war several Greek city-states were very week: Economically and Militaristically.
Macedonian Leadership
Phillip II was the king of Macedonia around 360 B.C. Only 23 would he became king, brilliant general, was able to train peasants into warriors, his dream was to take over Greece and avenge the Persian invasion of Greece in 480 B.C. , invade Persia
Tactics
Phillip organized his army into phalanx 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 enemy's line, he would then send in cavalry to crush the disorganized or retreating opponents
Conquest for greece
- an athenian orator named meosthenes tried to warn the greeks of the threat of Phillip and told them to prepare an army.
- however, the city-states of greece couldn't come up with united respnse.
- Finally athens and thebes decide to standup to Phillip but it was too late.
- Greek independence was lost to King
New leader
- next on Phillip's agenda was to invade pesia. however, he was never able to do this. Ath his doughter's wedding, he was stabbed in stabbed to death by one of his former guardsman. His son immediatly proclaimed himslf the king of macedonia. his name was Alexander, later know as Alexander the great
Alexander the great
was taught by Aristotle. Spread hellenistic culture. very intellectual, kept a copy of the Iliad under his pillow to remind him of the heroic of Achilles in the Trojan War. Alexander wanted to show his pwer early, and when the people of Thebes rebelled, the destroyed thier city and took 6,000 lives. The survibors were sold into slavery.
do you think that alexander should habe punished the people of Thebes so harshly? why or why not?
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