We start off talking about the oracle of Delphi and the lovely Pythia. Then I describe how the Third Sacred War started and how Phillip was involved.
Third Sacred War
The siege of Amphipolis
I begin todays episode in the year 358, Phillip is looking to secure some sort of an economic stability for his kingdom so he set his sight on the nearby mines.
Then he decides to siege Aphipolis in the year 357, which went really well, for Phillip that is, not so much the Athenians that loved having some sort of control of the city.
I say a few words about the Social War, a nice little whore story, staring our friend Demosthenes and Laida, and some other things that happened in the year 358 to 356.
Alliance with Thessaly
I explain how Philip managed to make one of his first alliances. Who were the Thessalians of the 4th century BC, a few words about Olympiada, Amphipolis, Demosthenes and Athens.
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Phillip’s changes and first few battles
In this episode I talk about the changes that Phillip brought into the Macedonian army and his first few important wins.
How Philip got started
We look at the state of Macedonia, while Philip gets the Kingship and his very first action as King, also what the kings prior to Philip were like.
Intro
A introduction to the podcast, we are going to talk about Alexander, we talk about sources and the my favourite Alexander stories.
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