HUMA250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lamian War, Darius Iii, Illyrians
HUMA250 Lecture Notes Wednesday 4th October 2017
The Hellenistic World – Alexander the Great
The Rise of Macedon
- 404 BC Athenians surrendered to the Spartans.
- City walls were torn down
- They were barred from ever having a navy.
- Oligarchic government was installed
- Thirty aristocrats were chosen to rule Athens
- The age of Athens was no more
- Macedonia was a monarchy, regarded primitive and backward by the rest of Greece.
o They were treated badly and only regarded as important for their timber and
paster land.
o They did speak a Greek dialect
Rise of Macedon
- Philip II of Macedon – an accomplished king and military commander – set the stage
fo Aleade the Geat’s ito oe Daius III ad the ouest of Pesia
- inherited a weak backward country with an ineffective, undisciplined army and
formed them into a formidable, efficient military force.
- Able to subdue surrounding territories around Macedonia through bribery, warfare
etc.
- Major foes were the Illyrians (defeat 359 BC) and Athenians
- Around 3 BC he’d ee a hostage i Thees ad as ale to use hat he’d see
the do to efo Maedo’s a. Turned them into professional soldiers.
o Created engineers to develop weapons, towers, catapults
o Made them take an oath and wear uniforms. Made them loyal to a king.
o Restructured the traditional Greek phalanx allowing for better
communication
o Remade the capital city of Pella, inviting poets, writers, and philosophers;
Aistotle ould e asked to teah Philip’s so Aleade. But kept the poets
as hostage.
- Demosthenes – a great Athenian orator – rallied against Philip with a series of
speeches.
- When Alexander was 18, he and Philip conquered Athens
- Philip began to plan for his invasion of Persia
- 336 BC Pausanias became angry with Philip and stabbed him to death.
o Alexander crowned king and executed those he believed to be associated
ith his fathe’s death
Alexander the Great
- Harnessed the Macedonian forces and made them into the premier military power
in the region
- 334 BC lead a grand army across the Hellespont in Asia – the most formidable
military expedition ever to leave Greece
- The first to reach Asiatic soil, Alexander leapt ashore, cast a spear into the ground
ad daatiall laied the otiet as spea o.
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Document Summary
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