CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture 11: Feb 29 Lecture 11-12
13 May 2016
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Resource-rich but weakly centralized argead kingdom of macedonia. Philip unifies macedonia under strong royal rule and reorganizes army. Systematic military reform: baggage train, macedonia phalanx (sarissas, cavalry, light-armed scouts and skirmishers, torsion catapult and siege warfare. 357-358: macedonian expansion: chalcidice, thessaly, then all greece, as well as illyria and thrace. 338: battle of chaeronea: macedonians vs. greeks (theban sacred band) Alexander iii the great"s troubled succession: eliminated rivals, defeat thracians and illyrians, destruction of thebes. Darius iii (336-330): the political necessity of shoring up his authority and imperial unity by proving military might. Despite memnon of rhodes" proposal of a scorched earth policy, darius gives. A new achilles and new trojan war: the macedonian king as hereditary heir of panhellenic destiny. Memnon dies and darius abandons his strategy in favour of direct military confrontation. Darius assassinated (330) and bessus declared artaxerxes v. 330-327: reduction of bactria and sogdiana marriage to roxana but greco-
