Transcript Map of Macedonia

Map of Macedonia
Philip II (Alexander’s father)
• Became king of Macedon in 359 BC
• Conquered south
• Athenian philosopher/orator Demosthenes
spoke out against him (Three Philippics)
• Controlled Greece after Battle of Chaeronea
338 BC, defeated Athens and Thebes
• Assassinated in 336 BC
Young Alexander
• Born in 356 BC to Philip II and Olympias (nonMacedonian)
• Tutored by Aristotle and Leonidas
• Tamed the horse Bucephalus
• Father assassinated in 336 BC
“Untying” the Gordion Knot
• Gordium, Turkey
• Prophecy
• How Alexander did it
Battle of Granicus, 334 BC
• First major victory over Persians
• Granicus was a river near Troy
Battle of Issus, 333 BC
• Alexander defeats Darius III despite being
heavily outnumbered
• Darius III flees
• Empire expands to include Persia
The Battle of Issus
More battles
• Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC, against Darius III
again
• Battle of Hydapses, 326 BC, Punjab region of
Pakistan, against King Poros, war elephants
• Empire extends to western India
• Hellenistic vs. Hellenic culture
Alexander’s Empire
Alexander’s Demise
• Got sick and stayed in Babylon, died there in
323 BC
• Divided up empire among the Diadochi (The
followers)
• Egypt – The Ptolemies 305-30 BC
• Asia – Seleucids 305-63 BC
• Macedonia – Antigonids, 295-168 BC
Seleucids, Ptolemies, Antigonids
A New Power
• Rome annexed Syria/Lebanon in 64 BC ending
Seleucid rule
• Rome annexed Egypt in 30 BC