Macedonians

The unearthing of mass graves of Macedonian and Greek troops near the purported battleground has raised questions as to the placement of cavalry and infantry on the battlefield and whether Alexander’s famed cavalry charge against the legendary Theban Sacred Band actually transpired. In spite…

to Asia, Alexander wanted to secure the borders north of him. In the spring of 335 BC, he set course east into the country of the "Independent Thracians"; and once he arrived at Mount Haemus, the Macedonian army attacked the Thracian forces operating the heights and defeating them easily. The Macedonians marched into the country of the Triballi, and defeated their army near the Lyginus river. Alexander then marched for three days to the Danube, where he encountered the Getae tribe on the…

Cleopatra, the last known ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, was the Macedonian Queen of Egypt. The Ptolemaic Dynasty was ruled by a line of Macedonian leaders. The dynasty lasted about 300 years. Cleopatra became the ruler of her country alongside with her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, at very young ages. She was given the throne at the age of eighteen after the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, who had died from natural causes. Cleopatra and her brother co-ruled Egypt together. Stacy Schiff…

is legendary. We all know his name today, even though he lived sixteen hundred years ago. What made him such a great man? Alexander was born to father King Phillip II and mother Olympias (formerly called Myrtale) on day six of the month Loios (Macedonian month of July). During a majority of this time, King Phillip was away fighting wars, so his mother Queen Olympias oversaw his training and instilled resentment in Alexander about his father. She did that by criticizing King Phillip’s moral…

philosophers of his time. Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry at the age 18 and aided his father, King Philip, in defeating the Athenian and Theban armies at Chaeronea. After the death of father, Alexander gained ample amount of support from the Macedonian army by eliminating his enemies, and becoming King and the leader of the Corinthian army. Alexander went on to conquer Persia and Egypt, his kingdom ranging from the Mediterranean to the border of India. Alexander was one of…

later on, the conflicts and disagreements with other members caused a civil war, which divided and weakened the empire. This also resulted in the rise of Macedonian empire later in the century and the defeat of the Greek forces by Philip II of Macedon in 338 BC. Many historians view this as an era of Greek self-destruction, which led to the Macedonian takeover (Jones & Cargill,…

Alexander III or as he is more widely known as, ‘Alexander the Great’ is widely regarded as one of history’s brilliant military leaders and most powerful rulers. At the time of his death in 323 BCE he had conquered most of the known world at the time and had never lost a battle. However, what many don’t know is that throughout his life he had been thrust into positions of failure and had managed to pull success from these unlikely scenarios. Alexander was born on 353 BCE to the parents…

Many of us have not even heard about this small piece of land located in Southeast Europe, in the central Balkan Peninsula. A piece in which centuries ago people were fighting to prove their religion and culture, and place it at the crossroad of eastern and western civilizations. A piece of land, which proved the world that the level of reverence and tolerance for different religious could be as high that religious and ethnic groups, both Christian and Muslim can share certain shrines, locations…

Alexander the Villain The year is 336 B.C.E, Philip II was assassinated, and Alexander was accepted by the Macedonian army to be his father's heir (Event A). Like the Thebans said, Alexander became just another tyrant like his father. While Alexander had many great accomplishments, he too had many bad factors. Alexander can be classified as a ‘villain’ because he destroyed the Thebans without reason, enslaved women and children. Egyptians were excluded from partaking in the learning centers, he…

Rome was at once, one of many city-states in the Italian peninsula. However, there was one thing that helped this city-state grow into one of the world's greatest empires. That one different thing about this city-state was its policy that, "once a neighboring city-state surrendered to Rome, Rome's leaders offered its citizens a chance" to join its army (Hansen and Curtis 182). As a result, Rome's military force had become unstoppable. Its military success, being one of the main factors, helped…