Classical Studies 2440A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Peony, Archeus
27 Apr 2017
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Macedonia was flat land, areas around it were mountain like areas. 324 bce alexander speech -> rom page 159, 57-59. Aerean whos considered the most reliable speech to text converters. The rise of macedonia under philip ii (image) Whe(cid:374) philip (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e ruler of ma(cid:272)edo(cid:374)ia it (cid:449)as i(cid:374) 360 (cid:271)(cid:272)e, he (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e ki(cid:374)g for(cid:373)all(cid:455) (cid:271)ut does(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) when and he was about 23 yrs old at the time. At this time macedonia was regarded in greece as a backward kind of place and was not very important. Philip inherited a situation that was distinctially awkward. It seemed that when he came to power he wiuldnt last. 5 other people ready to contest philips supremacy. 3 half brothers and 2 other members of the royal family. Philips had skill to consolidate his position which should of warned people. Archaus would have been an athenian puppet and promised to give back their long lost colony of amphypulus.
