Macedonians

Spartans weakened their respective city-states through wars, they were ultimately overcome by Philip II of Macedon until his assassination and succeeded by his son, Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE) of Macedon from his third wife Olympias. Both Macedonians reunited the Greek world by crushing rebellions, as well as conquering West Asia and North Africa. Alexander the Great has been debated as one of the best military tacticians of our time. He has inspired other military men such as Caesar,…

Alexander the Great was born in July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia. He was one of the best military leaders in the history. He received the civilized world, required by his great passion of world conquest and the creation of a universal kingdom. He was the son of Philip of Macedonia, who was a brilliant general and organizer. His mother was Olympias, princess of Epirus. Alexander received the best qualities of his father and mother. As a child he used to get discouraged after listening to news…

he was an expert strategist, especially in battle formation. This fact is supported by the Macedonian victory in his last major battle, in which he tricked Porus (the Indian king) into battling some of his soldiers, while the others attacked from another side. The phalanx is another good example of his strategic skills. The phalanx was one of the best defense formations at the time, and many of the Macedonian formations that were formulated by him, had the phalanx as the trump card. His…

battlefield. The battle, however, took place on the banks of the Hydaspes not far from where Alexander forded the river in the pouring rain (Arrian, 5.13.2-3). Another gaffe that Stone makes in the portrayal of the battle is having Krateros lead the Macedonian center in the battle. In reality, Alexander split his army into thirds to keep the attention of the army of Poros pinned down while Alexander and another part of the army to ford further upriver (Arrian, 5.11.3-4). And, Alexander was not…

Later tribes merged to form organized provinces. For example the Mauryan Empire. The Mauryan Empire was formed after Chandragupta took over India from the Macedonians in 304 B.C. With its formation, there was the invention of provincial administration. A provincial administration is when an empire is split into provinces. In those provinces there were its own individual government that controls and watches over…

the conquered and captured to join the Roman army in building and playing significant functions in their given roles o enhance the social and political performance of the Roman government. There were more wars fought by the Romans after the first Macedonian war was fought thus leading to more wars with the Hannibal “Rome had, moreover, been brought into hostile relations with Macedonia, which paved the way for her conquests in the East (("Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 15", 2018). However,…

with the issues of hostiles through use of diplomacy and battle, and securing land and wealth to increase Macedon’s power. One of the first acts that Philip did was to reform the Macedonian army into a stronger, skilled force. Diodorus mentions that in the battle against the Illyrians that killed Perdiccas, the Macedonians had also lost over four thousand men, lowering the…

There is a plethora of historical figures in history, but some of these figures are more acknowledged and discussed about than others. The Macedonian general, Alexander III, also referred to as Alexander the Great, is one of the more prominent historical figures. There is no question that Alexander is famous for his undefeated streak during his military campaigns. However, many historians are in constant debate over whether or not Alexander was truly a military leader that deserved to be a…

Albanians and Sacesinians. In front of Darius’s royal squadron, the elephants and approximately fifty chariots. Ready to lead the charge, the Scythe-chariots, a pioneering innovation in weaponry that would have its own significant impact on the Macedonian army, stood at the forefront of King Darius’s…

This type of diplomacy draws together five elements of statecraft. The foundational element is listening. The first duty of a public diplomat is to listen. This function is conducted through both field and research work and it represents collecting data about publics and their opinion overseas and using that information for redriceting a certain policy or the entire public diplomacy strategy altogether. The second element is advocacy: undertaking an international communication to…