CLA230H1 Lecture 18: Alexander the Great
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Manages to eliminate rivals in 1 year solidifies northern borders crushes greek opposition [revolts in central greece; destroys thebes] Diodorus 1stc, plutarch, justin, quintus curtius rufus 1st c ad, and arrian 2nd c ad: earliest account we have is still from 2 centuries after him. Callisthenes; much was propaganda, but incorporated primary material too: the vulgate develops into fictional accounts that transform alex into the great. Most of these 5 are incomplete, unreliable, biased, apologetic, etc. For the most part, no accounts of his youth before his father"s death, so any we have are fictional. After est firm macedonian control in illyria and thrace, he marches down to central greece. There was rumors he had been killed, and athens and thebes used this as an opp to revolt against the macedonian garrisons installed. Many still remembered being under the control of thebes, so this was convenient to destroy. Lesson to greece on resisting alex and going against the league.
