Demosthenes

Philip the II of Macedon came to the throne after a colossal defeat within a year of him coming to the throne by his brother Perdiccas III, within a year of coming to the throne Philip began to evolve a new Macedonian way of war. One of Philip’s great contributions was to create the army with which Alexander conquered the Persian Empire. He was the first Macedonian King to rearm the Macedonian infantry with a sarissa a long spear 18 feet long, nearly twice as long as the usual spear carried by…

The evidence to be discussed is that of Xenophon from his work The Economics, however there is no record of when it was produced. Xenophon was born in to a wealthy Athenian family in C.430BC and lived until 354BC. He participated in campaigns but was exiles from Athens in 394BC after fighting against them along side the Spartans. This therefore could affect his attitudes towards Athens however it is still an important piece of evidence concerning social history. In these particular verses…

feudal king, but did not get control of the Corinthian League as the Greek southern states were happy about King Phillip’s II death, and had different interests in mind. Athens had wanted to take control of the league and with the leadership of Demosthenes, attempt to wrest control of the league. Alexander sent his army to the south, and strong armed Thessaly into accepting him as the leader of the league. He then reissued treaties with the city-states that were in the Corinthian League…