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Introduction to Greek and Roman History Lecture 9 Philip of Macedon
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Athenian perspectives on the Peace of Antalcidas Isocrates, Panegyricus (380), 120 One may best comprehend how great is the reversal in our circumstances if he will read side by side the treaties which were made during our leadership and those which have been published recently; for he will find that in those days we were constantly setting limits to the empire of the King, levying tribute on some of his subjects, and barring him from the sea; now, however, it is he who controls the destinies of the Greeks, who dictates what they must each do, and who all but sets up his viceroys in their cities.
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The Sacred Battalion
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Theban ascendancy and the koina of Messenia and Arcadia (369-362) Sparta
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The battle of Mantinea, 362
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Weakness of the new Greek order: Social War (357-355) Byzantium
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Macedonia
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Macedon before Philip Amyntas III (393-370) establishes a unified Macedonian kingdom. The king issued coins and signed treaties. There was no formal assembly, the king would seek advise from an informal council of ‘companions’ or ‘friends’, chosen by the king himself. Tensions between cattle-rich coastal plans and tribal inland. Unsubordinated aristocracies. Plenty of tillable land. Huge workforce
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The war for Delphi (357-352) Amphyktiony: a religious- political association of neighboring states formed around a religious centre
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The peace of 346
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Thrace
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Thracian and Attic horses
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Chaeronea (338)
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