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Alexander the Great
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Athens loses its empire406 BC: Trial of the generals after the
Battle of Arginusae404 BC: “After the defeat at Aegospotami,
the Aegean cities passed under the control of Sparta... Thirty pro-Spartan oligarchs were set up in Athens, with a Spartan garrison.” (Bradley 2001: 281)
403 BC: “Democracy was fully restored in Athens in 403.” (Bradley 2001: 281)
399 BC: Trial and execution of Socrates
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404 – 371 BC: Spartan leadership of Greece
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371 – 361 BC: Theban leadership of Greece
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359 – 336 BC: Philip of Macedon
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Macedonia today
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357 BC: Philip marries Olympias
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356 BC: Olympias gives birth to Alexander
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Aristotle
• Student of Plato
• 343 BC: brought to Macedonia by Philip and hired to tutor Philip’s son, Alexander, and Alexander’s friends.
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The Philipics of Demosthenes
351 BC: The first Philipic
346 BC: The second Philipic
341 BC: The third Philipic
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338 BC: The Battle of Chaeronea
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The Macedonian PhalanxSarissas in rear row hid manoeuvres going on behind
Sarissas – 6 metre long spears that really hurt if you found yourself on the wrong end of them
Professional soldiers (who could therefore afford to fight all year round)
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Philip dies in 336 BC
– Assassinated in 336 B.C.E. shortly before a planned invasion of Persia.
– Killed by a man named Pausinius. A member of his body guard and, possibly, a scorned lover.
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334 BC: The Battle of the Granicus
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333 BC: The Battle of Issus
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332-331 BC: The entry into Egypt
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326 BC: Invasion of India
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323 BC: Death of Alexander
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Hellenism
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The sources• Only fragments remaining from
contemporary sources
• Five sources who wrote within 3 and 5 centuries after his death
• Arrian draws on Ptolemy and Aristobulus
• Plutarch draws on Callisthenes
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Term 4 Assessment- Document test is being moderated,
will be returned this week.
- Essay draft due this Thursday
- Oral presentation on Alexander: self-devised focus question. What are you curious about?