AE80: Alexander the Great and the Alexander Tradition

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AE80 Alexander the Great and the Alexander
Tradition
November 1, 2006 PART VI Alexander and the army
that conquered the world The aftermath of
conquest the administration of Alexanders
empire
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The Hellenic crusade

• Goals
• To liberate the Greeks in Asia (I.e., coastal
  Turkey)
• To punish the barbarian Persians for the events
  of
• 480 BC (the sack of Athens, etc.)

Three stages in Alexanders decision-making about
administration
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Cities of the Delian League (which by the 430s
BC were paying tribute to Athens)
Athens
Phoros tribute Syntaxis contribution
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Arrian I.18 Remove the small pro-Persian faction
(oligarchy) Replace with rule by the people
(democracy)
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Darius I
The site of Persepolis
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What happened when the central parts of
the Persian Empire fell under Alexanders control?
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Tribute for Darius Iat Perspolis
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Administration of Egypt Arrian iii.5
a divide and rule policy
no single satrap, but two native Egyptian
nomarchs (governors of Upper and Lower Egypt)
Part of the army left behind in the province,
divided between two Macedonian officers
Garrison commanders appointed by Alexander
himself
The Nile fleet under separate command
On the east and west frontiers (Arabia and
Libya), two separate military districts
created, each with independent commanders
One of them (Cleomenes) assigned the task of
collecting tribute from the two nomarchs
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Proskynesis Greek name for the ritual greeting
in Oriental courts
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On the Indian frontier
Porus Taxiles Small-scale local rulers left in
place as buffer kingdoms