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Casualty list of 459

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Megara, Aegina, Egypt, Cyprus, Phoenicia, Halieis

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Sides at Mantinea

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Argos, Messene, Arcadian faction 1; Achaea, Elis, Athens, Sparta, Mantinean faction

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Only zeugites, thetes eligible for kleruchies

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Brea

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Income of Phillip’s mines

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1,000t/annum

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5
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Rental of kleruchies

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Delos

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6
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Whom do Eurypontids hate

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Thebes (e.g. Agesilaus)

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Which medizers did Athens ally without consulting League?

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Thessaly, Argos (462)

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8
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purifications of Delos

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426; 422 (with Delians expelled)

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9
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Alignment after Leuctra

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A and S vs. Argos, Boeotians, Arcadians, messenians

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Kleruchs attested on Salamis, Euboea; dedication of Sostratos of Aegina to Aeginetan Apollo at Gravisca; proxeny decree of Aristoteles references boule and demos (Walker); Boeotian league first attested

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6.iv

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11
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Gap between philosophers

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30 years

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12
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Original fleet to Sicilly

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100 Athenian + 34 allies

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Pausanias and Themistocles

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Pausanias and Themistocles incite sedition in Argos, former implicates latter in House of Bronze Goddess; latter exiled (472?)

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14
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What teaches Athenians about peltasts?

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Demosthenes defeat in Aetolia (426)

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Arcadian Federal State

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371: Assembly of 10,000, Council and fifty damiourgoi (appointed proportionally from participating communities), professional corps a la Sacred Band.

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16
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Initial phoros

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460 in cash and kind, including Athenian contribution.

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17
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Why does Mytilene surrender

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Largest A fleet (250); Spartan commander arms demos–>condition that Athens hear envoys

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18
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Spartan population after Leuctra

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900-1300

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19
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Euboea, Corinth strike coins; Athens soon after

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6.ii

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20
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Dorkis

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Refused by Allies as commander.

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21
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Largest A Fleet

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250 ships, off Mytilene in 228-7

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22
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First contribution of Cash from Pel League

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387

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23
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Coins at foundation deposit of Aretmision. However, earlier now found; Greek pottery at Segesta

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7.iv

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Decision of Salamis

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Trick of Themistocles, Confirmation of Aristides–>sullogos (after decision made), which T addresses

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25
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Whom does Dionysios mary

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among others, daughter of Locri

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26
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Whom does Cyrus like?

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Lysander. Not Kratesippidas (before) or Kallikratides (after), whom he does not pay

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27
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How does Herodotus end?

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Xanthippos takes Sestos; Artauktes logos; Artemberes logos (Cyrus poor)

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28
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Phormio off Naupactos

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429: outnumbered but skilled

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29
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Spartan gains during King’s peace

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Divides Mantinea, Chalcidian League

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30
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Second Messenian War

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7.iii

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31
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Council at Samos

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Spartans propose confiscation of Medizers’ lands, resettlement of Ionians; Athenians propose admission,

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32
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Action in 431

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A Fleet raids Pel, Acarnia; epiteich at Atalanta; Army to Megarid: C fleet rads Acarnia

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33
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King’s Peace

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387: autonomy, ‘all the Greeks’, duration all undefined; enforcement mechanism lacking. With preponderant force and Persian backing, Sparta makes the most of ambiguity

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34
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Legible inscriptions at Apollo Daphnephoros, Pithecusae; Spartans conquer Messenia; settle Tarascolonize Taras

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8.iii

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35
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How many fight at Plateia

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110 free greeks vs. 300 Persians + 50 Greeks

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36
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Siege of Potidaea

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432-29; 2,000 talents

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37
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Lemnos, Imbros, Scyros

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394+

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38
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Dreros law code mandates 10 years

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7.ii-iii

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39
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Iron reserve

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431: 100 triremes, 1000 talents

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Inscriptions at Apollo Daphnephoros, Osteria dell’Ossa

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8.i-ii

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41
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First Cleruchs

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Herodotus places 400 on Chalcis, in 506; epigraphy indicates Salamis c. 500; L.I.S. also early; remain in tribes but pay phoros

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42
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League of Corinth

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337:Not to overthrow Philip, descendants; not to change constitution; to support synedrion and hegemon in punishing infractions. At least by revival in 302, decisions were binding on member states, and they were barred from prosecution of representatives.

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43
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Who wins prize for battle?

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No one; all vote for themselves

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44
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Greco-Punic divide in Sicilly

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East of Akragas

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45
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Results of Aegospotamoi

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171 captured; 3,000 sailors killed; 10 vessels escape

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46
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What festival delays Spartans before Plateia

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Hyakinthia

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47
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Statues in the Agora

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Conon (Cnidus; 394)

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48
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Eretrian colonies

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Eion, Pydna, Methone

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49
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Commanders of Sicillian

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Lamachos, Nikias, Alcibiades

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50
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Government of Syracuse unde dionysios

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Maintains assemblies, democratic facade

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52
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Persian love for Miletus

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Does skoinion account for immunity after Croesus, Pactues,

53
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Why do Corinthians send Timoleon

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Acquiesces to death of tyrranical brother; cursed by mother, etc.

54
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Who were Athens’ first non-league allies after Persian War

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Argos, Thessaly (462)

55
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Spartan days on Sphacteri

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72

56
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Cause of Second Mantinea

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Arcadians use sacred funds vs. Elis; Mantineans, Assembly oppose; demiourgoi appeal to Thebes; Assembly countermands but ex post facto

57
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Spartans conquer Laconia; establish Perioikoi, helots

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9th

58
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Dionysios of Phocaea

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Commands Ionians at Lade (494); alienates through training; flees to Sicily, pirates only Phoenician ships

59
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Causes of Nikias’ delay

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impending stasis?, fear of prosecution; eclipse–>27 days

60
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Tissaphernes

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Satrap of Lydia and Caria 413-408

62
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Artemisia

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Dorian/Cretan: rules Halicarnassus and Cos

63
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Athenians enslaved on Sicilly

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7000

64
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Phrynicus

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Admiral at Chian revolt (412); plays Alcibiades on Samos by inviting attack and then telling Athenians to fortify

66
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Sortition of kleruchies

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Delos

67
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Childhood of Phillip

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Thebes; commands sarissa-phalanx and wedge cavalry (~Jason) for bro Perdicas

68
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Eretrian/Chalcidian colonies

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Scione, toroni (dated because joint)

69
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Plan of Lamakhos

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Immediate attack

70
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Size of Syracuse under Dionysios I

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c. 100,000

72
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Who supports Peace of Callias

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Isocrates, Ephoros; H mentions Callias at court of Artaxerxes

73
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Whom do Agiads hate

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Athens (e.g. cleombrotus)

74
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Deaths at Marathon

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192-6,400

75
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Athenian retreat numbers, end

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40,000; ends with Nikias at River Assinaros

78
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Stasis at Erythrai

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53: dems flee to Boutheia, pay 18; oligs at Erythrai pay nothing; Athens reinstalls dems with phrourarchos, episkopoi, boule selected by lot and sworn to uphold to plethos (Typical?)

79
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Drivers of War up to Second Mantineia

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Boeotia, Messenia, Persian backing play a constant and important role

80
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Lysimachus in 323

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Thrace

81
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Policies of Antiochos II

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261-26: loses Cappadocia, marries daughter of PII

82
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Philetaerus

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Returns body of Seleucus to Antiochos I; receives autonomy

83
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Harpalus affair

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324: Demosthenes refers to Areop; Demosthenes and Demades convicted; former to 50–>exile

84
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Decision of army regarding successon

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Perdicas remains chiliarch=regent; Antipater as strategos (Macedon); Craterus guardian. Ptolemy to Egypt; Antigonus consolidates Anatolia; Eumenes to Cappadocia; Lysimachus to Thrace. Seleucus to cavalry (under

85
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Policies of Perseus

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amnesty to exiles, abolishes debt, regains influence withinAmphictiony, attendsPythiangames, seeks popularity among Greeks. In other poleis, favors bold social measures detrimental to oligarchs. Seeks alliances, dynastic marriages.

86
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Heracles

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Son of Barsine and Alex; in Pergamon at Alex’s death; went with Antipater?

87
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Magas of Cyrene

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1/2 brother of Ptolemy II; refuses to acknowledge king but betrothes children

88
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Perdicas in 323

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chiliarch ~ regent

89
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Victims of Lamian

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Demosthenes (suicide); Hyperides (execution

90
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Policies of Ptolemy IV

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Sosibius. Fellahin invigorates natives; aids revolt of upper Egypt + Nubian king; patronizes temples, appears as pharaoh

91
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epigonoi

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30,000 Persians trained since 327 in Macedonian phalanx, etc.

92
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Truce 1

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after Issus; ransom for family, alliance

93
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First Syrian War

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270s: reaffirms status quo btwn Egypt and Seleucids

94
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Conclave at Tripardius

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320: Antipater epimeletes; Seleucus to East; Antigonus strategos against Eumenes

95
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Bessus

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Satrap of Bactria; kills DIII, tried by Medes and Persians, executed brutally in Hindu Kush

96
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Peace of Phoenice

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Phillip renounces Hannibal; Aetolians renounce Aegean; Rome renounces Illyria

97
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End of official campaign

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330 at Ecbatana: Greeks discharged, reenlist as mercs; Harpalus takes treasury; Parmenio remains as Satrap with bulk of forces; Alex pursues with small force

98
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Nesiotai

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Founded by Antigonus 315–>Ptolemy after 286; centered on Delos, governed by synedrion, nesiarchos; paid syntaxis and celebrated festivals; individual poleis autonomous

99
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Eumenes III

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After Attalus’ will, pretends to throne; incites revolt among lower classes; civil war ensues

100
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Gov of eschata

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Client kings (Porus)

101
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Aetolian League under Gonatas

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Leverage Aegean access and Amphyction to extort protection money; recruit membership through asylia

102
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Length of Tyre

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7 months

103
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Greeks at Granicus

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8,000 vs. 50,000

104
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government of AsianGs under Alex

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Democracy

105
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4th Syrian

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220s: Antiochos III invades to Nile; Ptolemy IV floods Pelusiac mouth, enlists fellahin

106
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Emenes in 323

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Cappadocia with treasury and records

107
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Macedon after Pydna

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four merides, each governed by annually appointed mags. Intermarriage, trade, federal ties forbidden between them. Likewise production of gold, silver, ships

108
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Fetters of Greece

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Demetrias, Acrocorinth, Chalcis: straits, troop movement

109
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Antigonus in 323

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Consolidates Phrygia/Anatolia

110
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Athens after 3rd Macedonian

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Lemnos, Imbros, Scyros, Delos (free port), and Haliartus

111
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Truce 2

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after Tyre: west of Halys

112
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Susa Nuptials

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324: Alex, Hephaistion marry daughters of Darius; companions marry prominent; 10,000 commoners

113
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Supporters of Cassander

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Ptolemy, Antigonus, Lysimachus; Phillip III/Eurydice

114
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Ptolemy Keraunos

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Kills Seleucus after Corupedium, seizes throne; killed by Gauls in 279

115
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Barsine

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Daughter of Satrap Artabazus, wife of Memnon, mother of Heracles

116
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Opponents of Lamian war

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Phocion; Demades conducts 3 Graphai paranomon; Sparta, Boeotia, Corinth

117
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Size of Seleucid capitals

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Antioch and Seleucia near Bablyon >100,000

118
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Craterus in 323

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Guardian

119
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Percentage of Seleucid mags with Greek names

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19/20

120
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Truce 3

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West of Euphrates

121
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Gov of Persian core

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Persian satrap, Mac military/political

122
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Supporters of Polyperchon

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Seleucus, Olympias

123
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Policies of Philip V after Cynoscephalae

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improve finances (mines, taxes) and demographics (legislation). In other poleis, favors bold social measures detrimental to oligarchs.

124
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Gov of ‘liberated’ non-Greek territories

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3 macedonians: satrap, military, financial (~Persian practice?)

125
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Who raised Gonatas

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Zeno at Athens

126
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Antipater in 323

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strategos (Macedon)

127
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Policies of Ptolemy I

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Palestine and Syria as glacis; Cyprus as secyre base; project power via forward bases along coast, Hellespont; alliances with Nesiotai, Rhodes

128
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Leosthenes

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Commander of Lamian War

129
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Philotas

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Son of Parmenio, commander of cavalry; failure to snitch (330) leads to death + father’s

130
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Maezus

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Advises scorched earth, fights well at Gaugamela; first Persian Satrap, at Babylon

131
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Gov of Egypt under Alex

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2 Egyptian Greeks

132
Q

League of Leagues

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c. 224: Doson leads Boeotians, Locrians, Achaeans, etc. against Cleo III

133
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Seleucus in 323

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Cavalry

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