HISTORY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Aetolia, Koinon, Smyrnium Olusatrum
12 Mar 2014
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Death of alexander in 323 at babylon, aged 32. War of successors: rival successors of alexander waged war against one another. Murders, battles, etc etc by 275 the empire had been broken up into 3 large kingdoms. Antigonid macedon - ruled by antigonus i since persian wars the greeks had tended to think of themselves in relation to the east (non greeks) Greeks vs barbarians greeks and macedonians who had conquered barbarians w alex ercely opposed alexanders experiments of colonization and assimilation the wars that went on after his death depended on the greek and macedonian soldiery. They abandoned alex unpopular experiment of cultural hybridity and instead secured their dominion as colonial conquistadors. Dependence on and use by kings of greek soldiers and colonists. Greek culture as the exclusive possession of colonial rulers. Colonists provided land power for their army and also a means of securing control of the indigenous population.
