Philip II and Alexander the Great

Question 1

Philip and Alexander Relationship

Answer 1

Father and Son

Question 2

How He Obtained Trust of the Aristocracy

Answer 2

• Paid for the education of young aristocratic men in his courts
• “Royal Pages”

Question 3

Military Revolution

Answer 3

• Traded spears for longer sarissa to give an advantage against enemy phalanxes
• Everyone in the army became pezhetairoi to make people feel closer to Philip’s hetairoi

Question 4

3rd Sacred War

Answer 4

• The first war Philip engaged in
• Delphi sanctuary was attacked, giving Philip an excuse to enter Greek affairs
• Philip took control of Delphi from Thebes

Question 5

Theoric Fund

Answer 5

• Allowed the people of a still-struggling Athens to attend the theater
• More money for the military

Question 6

4th Sacred War

Answer 6

• Boeotian League and some Peloponnesian cities turn on Philip because of his interest in Greece
• Philip destroys Thebes’ political leaders and takes control of the league
• No punishment for Athens
• Many Greeks begin siding with Philip
• Corinthian league formed, giving Philip lots of control over Greece

Question 7

Philip II Tomb

Answer 7

• Completely interred, only one visible entrance
• Looks like a temple
• Religious depictions in frescoes (Greek religion)
• Lots of stored wealth

Question 8

Alexander the Great

Answer 8

• Created an empire that reached to India
• Concluded the independence of Greece
• Contemporary propaganda made him a god

Question 9

Campaign in Asia

Answer 9

• Idea from Philip II, enacted by Alexander
• 334-323
• Conquest of Egypt

Question 10

Conquest of Egypt

Answer 10

Created the city of Alexandria in Egypt

Question 11

Campaign in India

Answer 11

• Completely ignored by Indian history
• Influential to Western culture and art