Chapter 4 Flashcards
338 Athens and her allies are defeated at at the battle of Chaeronea, by the armies of ___, effictively ending the athenian independence
Phillip II of Macedonia
Plato argues agasint democrcary and in favor of monarchial rule
For plato democracy allows uneducated irrational and injudicious citizens to make decisions.
Those who attain the highest level of knowledge should rule as
Philosopher kings
Reasons for the rise of Macedonian Power
-They were harder(tougher) ten their greek neighbors south due to the harsher more contirnrntal climate in the north
-the disunity of the southren greek states
-the rise of king phillip II
His military reforms
-phillip was the first in the ancient world to create a professional army
-he nearly doubled the length of the spears in the traditional greek phalanx
-used the cavalry as a strike force to soften up the enemy
Phillip feared his powerfully streghtened army
would cause instability within his kingdom if they had nothing to do
upon the news of philips death the southren Greek states defeated from the macedonian alliance_________…To demostrate the price for disloyalty and rebellion
In 335 Alexander destroyed Thebes
In 343 Phillip chose ______ as Alexanders tutor
Aristotle