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'So it was that Macedonia, her leaders split between warring factions, armed herself to stab her own vitals, turning her sword from war against a foe to shed the blood of countrymen, and ready, like the insane, to lacerate her own hands and limbs'.
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Even after defeating the Athenian-led revolt of 323 / 322 BC a strong remnant of resistance to Macedonian rule on the Greek mainland remained. One beacon of rebellion still had to be extinguished. The Aetolians.
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In 322 BC, the regent Perdiccas, a military hero and the official protector of Alexander the Great’s family, won the allegiance of the veteran Macedonian Silver Shields. A huge coup for Perdiccas.
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Against all the odds, in late 321 BC the Aetolian League successfully resisted invasion from a huge Macedonian army - the world superpower. Where the likes of historic city-states such as Athens and Sparta had failed, the Aetolians had triumphed
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@Happy_Hiram @waitbutwhy You said Macedonians were "Celtic", a misnomer since Indo-European Pontic Steppe ancestry was shared between the two since the Bronze Age, but they were totally separate ethnic groups. Northern Greeks in general, not just Macedonians, lived close to fair looking Thracians:
Trabajé durante mas de 14h todos los dias a contrarreloj para tener un cartel para cada partido de playoffs y no es que diera frutos, es que me dio una macedonia entera.
Las maravillosas personas de la LVP sacaron mis ilustraciones en directo y me apoyaron
During the First Successor War, Eumenes rarely used Macedonian soldiers. The key to his victories were his Cappadocian cavalry, loyal to him and highly-skilled horsemen.
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'God in heaven, if Alexander had left us this fellow as king in his stead, my opinion would be that this is the one order of his that should not be obeyed!'
- the Macedonian general Meleager's vicious reproach of Perdiccas. June 323 BC.
A man with traces of royal blood flowing through his veins, Perdiccas was a member of one of the most prestigious families in Macedonia. He hailed from Orestis - a region on Macedonia’s southwestern fringes where his family held great influence
In 279 BC, an overconfident Ptolemy Ceraunus lead his Macedonian army out to face an invading Celtic horde in the open field. Lacking manpower and disorganised in their array, Ceraunus’ army was vanquished. Any survivors unfortunate enough to be taken alive were sacrificed
Even after defeating the Athenian-led revolt of 323 / 322 BC a strong remnant of resistance to Macedonian rule on the Greek mainland remained. One beacon of rebellion still had to be extinguished: the Aetolians.
Alexander's Successors at War 📖 https://t.co/N1giIdPy7C
Inhabiting the rugged lands northwest of the Corinthian gulf, the Aetolians had a history for being unruly – defying the Macedonians for several decades during the late 4th and 3rd centuries.
Against all the odds, in late 321 BC the Aetolian League successfully resisted invasion from a huge Macedonian army - the world superpower. Where the likes of historic city-states such as Athens and Sparta had failed, the Aetolians had triumphed.
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Even after defeating the Athenian-led revolt of 323 / 322 BC a strong remnant of resistance to Macedonian rule on the Greek mainland remained. One beacon of rebellion still had to be extinguished: the Aetolians
Alexander's Successors at War 📖 https://t.co/VM5umTISd5
The "abduction of Persephone". From the "Tomb of Persephone" in Aigai.
The tomb belong to a 25 years old woman who died during childbirth and buried with her baby. It is believed to be one of the 7 wives of Philip II, Nicesipolis.
-350 BCE, Royal Tombs Vergina Macedonia, Greece
'God in heaven, if Alexander had left us this fellow as king in his stead, my opinion would be that this is the one order of his that should not be obeyed!'
- the Macedonian general Meleager's vicious reproach of Perdiccas. June 323 BC
Filipe da macedonia
#fantasy #brazilianartist #fanart #digitalpainting #CDK #thekanechronicles
'God in heaven, if Alexander had left us this fellow as king in his stead, my opinion would be that this is the one order of his that should not be obeyed!'
- the Macedonian general Meleager's vicious reproach of Perdiccas: June 323 BC.
Scholars debate whether Philip’s Companions also had a small shield like the pelta of his Macedonian infantrymen. Whether this is the case or not, it appears they discarded it by the time of Alexander’s crossing into Asia in 334 BC.
Artwork by © Johnny Shumate.
Early Neolithic figurine from Macedonia, depicting anthropomorphised house...And a wedding ritual from Macedonia, in which bride and groom entered the groom's house for the first time between the legs of his mother, the mistress of the house. https://t.co/AYh5PoMkry