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The satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia. This region was of vital, strategic importance as it controlled the Hellespont (Dardanelles) - the gateway between Europe and Asia

Some argue Alexander the Great decided on crossing the Gedrosian Desert because of the man’s pothos, his desire to outdo all before him or out of revenge for his troops’ earlier mutiny in India. Yet others believe Alexander simply made a mistake in his logistical planning

Athens and several other prestigious city-states attempted to resist the rise of Philip II's Macedonia, which they rightly saw as a threat to their sovereignty; yet a decisive defeat against Philip’s forces at Chaeronea in 338 BC emphatically ended their fight

Each Macedonian soldier of Philip II would have to carry arms and armour, rations, utensils, blankets, road-building tools, medical supplies, a thirty-day supply of flour and any personal possessions in a backpack. Altogether this weighed c.40kg.

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate

In 276 BC the Hellenistic king Pyrrhus famously remarked upon departing Sicily, 'Oh what a wrestling ground we are leaving for the Carthaginians and Romans to fight over.' He was proved right when, 12 years later, the First Punic War erupted.

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate

While he was marching the 10,000 out of Asia some 50 years before, Xenophon had decided to burn his wagons to lighten his army's load. This greatly increased the speed and mobility of his force and was critical to the success of his march to the sea

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.

The satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia. This region was of vital, strategic importance as it controlled the Hellespont (Dardanelles), the gateway between Europe and Asia.

Some argue Alexander the Great decided on crossing the Gedrosian Desert because of the man’s pothos - his desire to outdo all before him or out of revenge for his troops’ earlier mutiny in India. Yet others believe Alexander simply made a mistake in his logistical planning

Each Macedonian soldier of Philip II would have to carry arms and armour, rations, utensils, blankets, road-building tools, medical supplies, a thirty-day supply of flour and any personal possessions in a backpack. Altogether this weighed c.40kg

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.

While he was marching the 10,000 out of Asia some 50 years before, Xenophon had decided to burn his wagons to lighten the army's load. This greatly increased the speed and mobility of his force and was critical to the success of his march to the sea.

Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.