CLASS254 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Antigonid Macedonian Army, Manolis Andronikos, List Of Ancient Macedonians
13 Dec 2016
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Class 254 november 29, 2016: ancient macedon guest lecturer from phd student. Not the (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t topi(cid:272) the(cid:455) are (cid:448)er(cid:455) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t for what happened and the transitions through the historic periods. From late 9/8th century: macedonian kingdom (argead dynasty) Philip 2 (359-336 bce) subdued all his neighbors: thracians, illyrians, greeks. Alexander the great: expands macedonian kingdom by conquering the persian empire. At the beginning, the macedonians were not an ethnically ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ous people . Alexander did not declair an heir when he died, and his wife had not yet given birth. Alexander the great: expands macedonian kingdom by conquering. T(cid:449)o fa(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s that e(cid:373)erged: those (cid:449)ho supported ale(cid:454)a(cid:374)der(cid:859)s so(cid:374), a(cid:374)d those (cid:449)ho supported the other guy: philip aradaeus. His sucessors (the diadochoi) fought over his empire until 301 bce (battle of ipsos): seleukos (eastern empire), ptolemy (egypt), the antigonids (mainland greece) Ro(cid:373)e defeated the a(cid:374)tigo(cid:374)id ma(cid:272)edo(cid:374)ia(cid:374) ar(cid:373)(cid:455) i(cid:374) 197 bce a(cid:374)d agai(cid:374) .
