After Issus

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After Issus
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After the battle of Issus

• Paul artus p. 50 (read)
• See workbook p.54-57, on the seige of tyre
• The battle of Issus was successful for alexander
  because he took on king darius III and beat him
• Showed people back in greece and in the rest of
  persia that he was a successful general.
• After this, Alexander went on to the Phonecian
  cities and was welcomed there as a liberator, so
  they were happy to be free of Darius IIIs
  control.

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Request for Darius family to be returned. Darius
makes two appeals.

• Arrians account that Darius sent a letter to
  Alexander asking for the return of his family and
  the Persian ladies.
• He offered to treat Alexander as an ally
• (this is ridiculous, as Alexander has already
  beaten him and is also a very significant offer)
• Darius blamed the Persians for starting the war.
• According to Diodorus Darius offered ransom and
  lands which were already taken over by Alexander
• Arrogant tone of the letter suggests it may have
  been forged by Alexander
• Alexander would have re wrote the letter to make
  Darius seem much worse.

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The second request

• Alexander rejected Darius first request, and
  demanded to be addressed as King of Asia and
  reinforces this with his actions towards Darius
  family, treating them with respect and calling
  Darius mother, his mother.
• Alexander also accused Darius of initiating
  Philips murder and stirring up trouble in
  Greece. (This was somewhat justified as he paid
  the Greeks gold to rebel against Alexander and
  started the rumour that Alexander was _____)
• 2nd request for his family, happened while
  Alexander was fighting in T____.
• Darius proposed a ransom of 10, 000 talents in
  exchange for his family and land
• He also proposed Alexander and Darius form an
  alliance which would be strengthend by the
  marriage between A_____ and B_____.
• Alexander r______ this offer. Saying he did not
  need Darius permission to marry his daughter.