CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Vergina, Chamber Tomb, Small Finds

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1A03
• Professor: Spencer Pope

Document Summary

Begins with death of alexander the great. Ends when augustus comes into power and roman empire develops. Large kingdoms replaced the polis as the dominant political formation: smaller than an empire but bigger than polis. Development of urban space: more extensive urban planning; new building types. Return of palaces as building types = kings. Return of monumental tombs to honour kings. Greece dominated by macedonians (tribe/kingdom in northern greece) from 338 bc: even the spartans fell to the macedonians. Under macedonian kings, greek territory expanded as far as india: furthest extent that greek culture reached. Macedonians spoke a dialect of greek, but it was so far from standard greek that many considered it a different language. King phillip of macedon: 360 336 bc. King arthur iii the great : 336 323 bc. Two open areas peristyles: similar concept at knossos. Private & domestic residence on monumental scale. Tomb of philip : philip died 336 bc.