1. Alexander the Great

2. Athens loses its empire 406 BC: Trial of the generals after the Battle of Arginusae 404 BC: “After the defeat at Aegospotami, the Aegean cities passed under the control of Sparta... Thirty pro-Spartan oligarchs were set up in Athens, with a Spartan garrison.” (Bradley 2001: 281) 403 BC: “Democracy was fully restored in Athens in 403.” (Bradley 2001: 281) 399 BC: Trial and execution of Socrates

3. 404 – 371 BC: Spartan leadership of Greece

4. 371 – 361 BC: Theban leadership of Greece

5. 359 – 336 BC: Philip of Macedon

6. Macedonia today

7. 357 BC: Philip marries Olympias

8. 356 BC: Olympias gives birth to Alexander

9. Aristotle Student of Plato 343 BC: brought to Macedonia by Philip and hired to tutor Philip’s son, Alexander, and Alexander’s friends.

10. The Philipics of Demosthenes 351 BC: The first Philipic 346 BC: The second Philipic 341 BC: The third Philipic

11. 338 BC: The Battle of Chaeronea

12. The Macedonian Phalanx Sarissas in rear row hid manoeuvres going on behind Sarissas – 6 metre long spears that really hurt if you found yourself on the wrong end of them Professional soldiers (who could therefore afford to fight all year round)

13. Philip dies in 336 BC – Assassinated in 336 B.C.E. shortly before a planned invasion of Persia. – Killed by a man named Pausinius. A member of his body guard and, possibly, a scorned lover.

14. 334 BC: The Battle of the Granicus

15. 333 BC: The Battle of Issus

17. 332-331 BC: The entry into Egypt

18. 326 BC: Invasion of India

19. 323 BC: Death of Alexander

20. Hellenism

21. The sources Only fragments remaining from contemporary sources Five sources who wrote within 3 and 5 centuries after his death Arrian draws on Ptolemy and Aristobulus Plutarch draws on Callisthenes

22. Term 4 Assessment -Document test is being moderated, will be returned this week. -Essay draft due this Thursday - Oral presentation on Alexander: self- devised focus question. What are you curious about?