The Day Greece Bowed: Philip’s Victory and Alexander’s Glory – Ep 7

If you like this video, check out other episodes:
The Genius Behind Alexander: The Rise of Philip II of Macedon – Ep 1 The Saga of Alexander the Great – https://youtu.be/OQ1fpyGhVdE
The Birth of Alexander the Great: The Man Who Changed the Face of the World – Ep 2 – https://youtu.be/wduU-pn9GIg
How Alexander Tamed Bucephalus: Proof That He Was No Ordinary Boy – Ep 3 Saga of Alexander the Great – https://youtu.be/Bd3EQ-kxP64
How Aristotle Shaped the Mind of Antiquity’s Greatest Conqueror – Ep 4 – Saga of Alexander the Great – https://youtu.be/bjA6Gmkc0h8
Alexander the Great: The Regency and the First Command – Ep 5 – The Saga of Alexander – https://youtu.be/xtO-luF-1yM
Alexander HUMILIATES the Greeks on the Battlefield – Battle of Chaeronea – Ep 6 – Saga of Alexander – https://youtu.be/YuMBW2M2gNU

Let me clarify some things because many people think Macedonians weren’t Greeks.
1) Not all Greeks fought against Macedonian Greeks in Battle of Chaeronea.

Thessalians and many northern Greeks: from Epirus, Perrhaebia, Dolopia, and parts of Phocis loyal to Philip , did fight with the Macedonian side in battle of Chaeronea.

Also Peloponnesian Greeks from cities like Argos, Messene and Arcadia fought with Macedonian side in battle of Chaeronia.

Sparta didnt fight with or against them.

2) For sure not all Greeks treated Macedonians as barbarians and non-Greeks. Mainly Demosthenes of Athens did and he did it for political reasons. When an educated hard patriot Athenian like Demosthenes calls Macedonians as barbarians he does that because he doesnt want his town to succumb to Macedonians. He tries to play the barbarian card because compared to an educated Greek Athenian , a rural less educated Greek Macedonian is a ''barbarian''. He doesn’t provide any sound and reasonable proof to why they are non-Greek.

3) Greek cities always fought each other , that doesnt make them non-Greek. Athens fought with Sparta and both allianced with Persians to obliterate each other.

4)) Macedonians and Alexander were Greeks , spoke Greek and considered themselves Greek.

Macedonians worshipped all the Greek gods. Their language was Greek and the archaeological findings found Greek language since 500 BC spoken by Macedonian people and the ruling class. For example the Athenian word : Φερενίκη is the equivalent for the Macedonian word : Βερενίκη. One letter changed (Β instead of Φ) but all the other letters were the same and all were from the Greek alphabet. B and Φ sound very close phonetically. They all had Greek names which all have etymological meaning in Greek language (Αλέξανδρος, Φίλιππος, i.e., Alexander and Philip). They participated in the Olympic Games, which were limited to Greeks. Their calendar was Greek and the name of the months were Greek. The feasts that they participated were Greek as well.

Macedonians, Athenians, Spartans— were Greek. Thracians weren’t Greek. Alexander the Great was Greek. Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle in the Greek language, literature, philosophy, and science.

Prominent scholars who acknowledge his Greek identity include :

1)Peter Green (Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C.), Robin Lane Fox (Alexander the Great),

2)Mary Renault

3)Ian Worthington (By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire).

4)Paul Cartledge (Cambridge University) — He has stated very clearly that Alexander the Great was Greek, that the Macedonian royal house was Hellenic, etc.

5)N. G. L. Hammond (A History of Macedonia), He has been quoted as arguing that the Macedonians were Greeks, citing their names, calendar, ambassadors being able to appear without interpreters in the Athenian assembly, etc.

6)George L. Cawkwell — He has been quoted as arguing that the Macedonians were Greeks, citing their names, calendar, ambassadors being able to appear without interpreters in the Athenian assembly, etc.

The general consensus is that the Macedonians were considered Greeks both by themselves and by contemporary Greek city-states; Alexander practiced Greek religion, spoke Greek, spread Hellenistic culture, and was described by ancient sources such as Plutarch, Arrian, and Diodorus within a Greek cultural framework.

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After the battle.of Chironea, Alexander wept over for the death of all men of the sacred band of Thebe and Philip said to the Macedonians that anyone said something bad for them , he will take his head.