HIST 4031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Artaxerxes Ii Of Persia, Ctesias, Battle Of Cunaxa
10 Mar 2019
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The greeks referred to the macedonian as companions (hetairoi) or friends (philoi) of the king. The bodyguards of the king were chosen from this group of friends (7 in total). Royal youths are the children of the aristocracy. The royal youths and the pages served the king in many different ways and that sometimes-included bodyguard. Alexander"s death, many of the pages became kings of the regions of his empire. The life of artaxerxes is the biggest life written by plutarch and. Herodotus and xenophon are two other primary sources. Greeks considered the persians slaves because they were ruled by the king and had no rights. Under this notion, the greeks unite because they view themselves as free people. the greeks no longer are divided by their identity (spartan/athenian etc. ) but begin to see themselves as. In persia, women played a very important role in politics.
