Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire - Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Suggested Reading Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest. Billows, Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State. Bosworth, The Legacy of Alexander. Grainger, Seleuckos Nikator. Habicht, Athens from Alexander to Antony. Lund, Lysimachus. Stewart, Faces of Power.

Questions to Consider 1. Was Alexander the Great at fault for not providing for the succession in 323 B.C.? What were the flaws in the regency established at Babylon in 323 B.C.? Who had the strongest positionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Antipater, Craterus, or Perdiccas?

2. In 321 B.C. what were the flaws in the settlement at Triparadisius? Why did Antipater neglect the satrapies of the former Persian Empire? Did Antipater err in appointing Polyperchon as his successor rather than his own son Cassander?

3. In 318-316 B.C., why did Antigonus and Demetrius emerge as the potential masters of the entire Macedonian Empire? What were their advantages?.

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Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire - Professor Kenneth W. Harl

Published on Dec 3, 2016History

Sonjce Marceva

In 359 B.C., Macedon was an unstable barbarian kingdom on the fringes of the Hellenic world. Macedon’s kings, members of the Argead dynasty, claimed Greek descent and ruled over a mix of different peoples including Macedonians, but many others as well, none of whom were regarded as Hellenes, or members of the Greek national race. To Greeks, the Macedonians were regarded as “barbarians.” Archaeology has revealed that the Macedonians never participated in the material culture of the Greek world since the Late Bronze Age. Greek immigrants and goods were welcomed, but Macedonians remained a distinct, speaking a language unintelligible to Greek. King Archelaus adopted Attic Greek as the court language, built roads, and established market towns, but his subjects remained in habits far closer to their Balkan neighbors Illyrians, Paeonians, and Thracians.

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