CLAS 1P91 Lecture 12: lecture 12
9 Apr 2018
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5/15/2015 2:10:00 pm: name says it all= was a legend, sources are all second hand (eg. plutarch seminar reading: lived in. Roman period- some 450 years later: excellent tactician= perhaps the finest in history, courageous; but also a reckless fighter, charismatic; but also megalomaniac, brutal and punitive on many occasions. Alexander"s childhood: ages 13-16: educated by aristotle who had been invited to court of philip, was taught philosophy, rhetoric, geometry, astronomy, biology and medicine, also trained extensively for military life. Alexander and bucephalus: very skilled horseman- as appropriate for a macedonian prince (were horsey people, legend of alexander= larger than life. Invasion of persia: spring 334 bc: continues with the plan of philip to invade persia- new king on throne. Darius iii: both personal ambition and need for money, some 35000 men set out, 5000 cavalry, alex first to jump on shore, called it: spear won land .
