HIST 2850 Lecture 10: Hist*2850 - Week 5 Lectures
18 Apr 2016
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Darius i 490bc invades greek world (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) (cid:2) Athenians repel him much to everyone"s surprise. Xerces 480bc son of darius also invades greek world. Hellenic alliance drives him back spartans & athenians unite. Sparta was the official victor, but population was compromised thus they couldn"t actually hold the land. Thebes sacred band brief but very important hegemony (4th c) Attempted to settle/control macedonia hostage of phillip 2nd. Sarissa phalanx superior warfare, sarissa replaces doru. Hammer & anvil phalanx + cavalry = domination. Plutarch, alexander zeus shot olympias with lightning bolt in the stomach, painted eagle (his sigil) on her belly. Her power was largely in part because she was the mother of oldest surviving son of phillip. Encouraged stories that alexander the great was a kind of god because it gave her a level of prestige & power.
