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MacedonMacedon had been a relatively small and backwards kingdom
359: Perdiccas III killed by Illyrians
359 – 336: Philip II of Macedon
MacedonMacedon had been a relatively small and backwards kingdom
359: Perdiccas III killed by Illyrians
359 – 336: Philip II of Macedon
Expanded and consolidated Macedon
MacedonMacedon had been a relatively small and backwards kingdom
359: Perdiccas III killed by Illyrians
359 – 336: Philip II of Macedon
Expanded and consolidated Macedon
Perfected the phalanx
The Phalanx represented a war machine unmatched for discipline and efficiency and the ancient world
Expansion under Philip
358: Philip attacks Illyrians
357: Philip takes Amphipolis
356: Philip takes Crenides – names it Philippi
Alexander born same year
353: Controlled Greece to Themopylae
352: Demosthenes’s first Philippic
Expansion under Philip
358: Philip attacks Illyrians
357: Philip takes Amphipolis
356: Philip takes Crenides – names it Philippi
Alexander born same year
353: Controlled Greece to Themopylae
352: Demosthenes’s first Philippic
Demosthenes: the most famous orator of the day
Expansion under Philip
358: Philip attacks Illyrians
357: Philip takes Amphipolis
356: Philip takes Crenides – names it Philippi
Alexander born same year
353: Controlled Greece to Themopylae
352: Demosthenes’s first Philippic
348: Olynthus fell to Philip – crucial to Athens
343: Aristotle tutored Alexander
Expansion under Philip
340: Philip took control of the Hellespont
343: Aristotle tutors Alexander
Expansion under Philip
340: Philip took control of the Hellespont
338: Demosthenes defeated by Alexander at Chaeronea
343: Aristotle tutors Alexander
Expansion under Philip
340: Philip took control of the Hellespont
338: Demosthenes defeated by Alexander at Chaeronea
336: Philip’s first army of 10,000 resisted by PersiaPhilip assassinated later that year
Alexander the Great
The most brilliant military genius of ancient history
Brought Greek culture and philosophy to the entire Near East
Alluded to in Daniel
Left behind the language of the New Testament
Alexander the Great
The most brilliant military genius of ancient history
Brought Greek culture and language to the entire Near East
Alluded to in Daniel
Left behind the language of the New Testament
Created the largest empire to date in ancient history
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece
334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River
333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece
334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River
333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot
The legend of the Gordian Knot
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece
334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River
333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot
Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus
Detail of Alexander Mosaic, showing Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii.
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece
334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River
333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot
Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus
332: Phoenicia, Tyre, and Jerusalem
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece
334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River
333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot
Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus
332: Phoenicia, Tyre, and Jerusalem
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece
334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River
333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot
Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus
332: Phoenicia, Tyre, and Jerusalem
332-331: Egypt welcomed its new Pharaoh
331: Alexander Defeated Persians at Arbella
Alexander the Great (336 – 323)334 – 331: Alexander took control of entire Persian Empire
330 – 324: Campaigns in India
323: Death of Alexander – “no more worlds to conquer”?
The death of Alexander the Great, after Karl von Piloty.
