MacedonMacedon had been a relatively small and backwards kingdom

359: Perdiccas III killed by Illyrians

359 – 336: Philip II of Macedon

MacedonMacedon had been a relatively small and backwards kingdom

359: Perdiccas III killed by Illyrians

359 – 336: Philip II of Macedon

Expanded and consolidated Macedon

MacedonMacedon had been a relatively small and backwards kingdom

359: Perdiccas III killed by Illyrians

359 – 336: Philip II of Macedon

Expanded and consolidated Macedon

Perfected the phalanx

The Phalanx represented a war machine unmatched for discipline and efficiency and the ancient world

Expansion under Philip

358: Philip attacks Illyrians

357: Philip takes Amphipolis

356: Philip takes Crenides – names it Philippi

Alexander born same year

353: Controlled Greece to Themopylae

352: Demosthenes’s first Philippic

Expansion under Philip

358: Philip attacks Illyrians

357: Philip takes Amphipolis

356: Philip takes Crenides – names it Philippi

Alexander born same year

353: Controlled Greece to Themopylae

352: Demosthenes’s first Philippic

Demosthenes: the most famous orator of the day

Expansion under Philip

358: Philip attacks Illyrians

357: Philip takes Amphipolis

356: Philip takes Crenides – names it Philippi

Alexander born same year

353: Controlled Greece to Themopylae

352: Demosthenes’s first Philippic

348: Olynthus fell to Philip – crucial to Athens

343: Aristotle tutored Alexander

Expansion under Philip

340: Philip took control of the Hellespont

343: Aristotle tutors Alexander

Expansion under Philip

340: Philip took control of the Hellespont

338: Demosthenes defeated by Alexander at Chaeronea

343: Aristotle tutors Alexander

Expansion under Philip

340: Philip took control of the Hellespont

338: Demosthenes defeated by Alexander at Chaeronea

336: Philip’s first army of 10,000 resisted by PersiaPhilip assassinated later that year

Alexander the Great

The most brilliant military genius of ancient history

Brought Greek culture and philosophy to the entire Near East

Alluded to in Daniel

Left behind the language of the New Testament

Alexander the Great

The most brilliant military genius of ancient history

Brought Greek culture and language to the entire Near East

Alluded to in Daniel

Left behind the language of the New Testament

Created the largest empire to date in ancient history

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece

334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River

333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece

334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River

333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot

The legend of the Gordian Knot

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece

334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River

333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot

Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus

Detail of Alexander Mosaic, showing Battle of Issus, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii.

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece

334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River

333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot

Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus

332: Phoenicia, Tyre, and Jerusalem

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece

334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River

333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot

Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus

332: Phoenicia, Tyre, and Jerusalem

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)336: Quickly put down minor revolts in Greece

334: Defeated Persians at Granicus River

333: Alexander “unties” Gordian knot

Alexander defeated Darius III at Issus

332: Phoenicia, Tyre, and Jerusalem

332-331: Egypt welcomed its new Pharaoh

331: Alexander Defeated Persians at Arbella

Alexander the Great (336 – 323)334 – 331: Alexander took control of entire Persian Empire

330 – 324: Campaigns in India

323: Death of Alexander – “no more worlds to conquer”?

The death of Alexander the Great, after Karl von Piloty.