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Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on October 1, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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territory, Phocians, Cavalry, Athens, Thebes, tactical, oligarchic, Greece, Gugamela, Alexander, Delphi, tactics, right, 1800, terrain, professional, Corinth, soft, Mediterranean, Sacred, rhomboid, Macedonians, professional, Amphictyonic, sacred, Thessaly, 1000
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during large, set-piece battles that                    fought
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companion cavalry usually stationed on           -hand side
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on the left-hand side, the Cavalry of                 
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         man strong unit
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commanded by a Macedonian officer
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fought in a diamond or                  shape
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a defensive shape
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allowed to fight in any direction
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Battle of                 
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though heavily outnumbered, Alexander emerged victorious due to his superior                and army
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defensive fighting allowed Alexander to launch a wedge attack against left side of Persian lines
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               of Thessaly equal to that of Macedon
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big picture
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what Philip did was to create the first truly                          army in world history
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in fact, what he did was turn a state into an army
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an army trained to fight in any                  situation
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under any circumstances
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on any               
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throughout the year
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this was not an army of amateur citizen soldiers as in             
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this was an army of professionals whose sole profession was warfare
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during the 350s and 340s first the                 , then the Thessalonians
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until he came into contact and conflict of that second ring of Macedon's enemies, the city-states of central Greece
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Third              War (356–346 BC)
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fought between the forces of the Delphic                          League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians
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caused by a large fine imposed in 357 BC on the Phocians by the Amphictyonic League (dominated at that moment by             ), for the offense of cultivating sacred land, refusing to pay, the Phocians instead seized the Temple of Apollo in             
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338 BC: Battle of Chaeronea [Χαιρώνεια]
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matters came to a head at the
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between the Macedonians led by Philip II of Macedon and an alliance of some of the Greek city-states including              and Thebes
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battle was the culmination of Philip's campaign in Greece (339–338 BC) and resulted in a decisive victory for the                       
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Philip had the more                          army
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Philip's 18 year old son, Alexander, led the decisive charge through the line of the city-states
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         Athenians were killed
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entire              band of Thebes wiped out
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the outcome changed the course of history for Greece and the                            world
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the Athenians received back their 2000 prisoners of war
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but were forced into an alliance with the Macedonians
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Thebes lost control of the rich, agricultural plain around the city and an                      government was imposed upon it
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Sparta, which had taken no part in the battle, had its                    invaded
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Macedonian garrisons were installed at               , Thebes, and elsewhere
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Macedon's domination of Greece was no longer a matter of diplomacy and          power, but a fact of arms

Spelling Corrections:

calvary ⇒ cavalry

Ideas and Concepts:

Military vocabulary via tonight's Alexander the Great class:

"set-piece battle, n. a battle where both sides choose to fight at a chosen location and time and where either side has the option to disengage either before the battle starts, or shortly after the first armed exchanges, i.e. not a chance encounter such as a skirmish, or where one side is forced to fight at a time not of their choosing such as happens in a siege

During the large set-piece battles that Alexander fought, the companion cavalry was usually stationed on the right-hand side of the Macedonian lines, while on the left-hand side was another large cavalry formation, the cavalry of Thessaly."
On things fathers pass down to their sons, via tonight's Alexander the Great class: "What Philip of Macedon did was to create the first truly professional army in world history. In fact, what he did was turn a state into an army, an army trained to fight in any tactical situation, under any circumstances, on any terrain, throughout the year. This was not an army of amateur citizen soldiers as in the Greek city-states, this was an army of professionals whose sole profession was warfare."
Alexander the Great, the Terrible, or the Insignificant
Why Study Alexander the Great?
The Importance of the Battle of Thermopylae
The Peloponnesian War and Internal Greek Struggles
Early Macedon
The Nature of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon's Military Reforms
Alexander's Cavalry Units
Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)