CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Philocrates, List Of Ancient Macedonians, Sarissa

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Chapter 10 philip ii and the rise of macedon. One of the reasons that macedon was successful in conquering the greek states was because of the instability of the other nations. Through the political divisions and economic strains, the development of a consistent policy in athens was hard. Also, this prevented poleis such as athens, sparta and thebes to make an alliance. Early macedon: for early macedonian history, the kings of macedon rules unstable kingdoms. However, the heart of macedon had a larger agriculture population. In antiquity neither macedonians nor greeks considered the macedonians to be. Greeks and the two cultures had little in common. In greek civilization, cities were the core of the kingdoms were as prior to. Philip"s reign, city life in macedonia was limited: another thing that differentiates the macedonian culture from the greek culture was the macedonian kings believed in polygamous relationships and their love of wine.