ANCIENT HISTORY - Alexander The Great

•  Roman - bias towards roman army
• Personality/Character - life story, not historical context
• Vices and Virtues (good and bad) - good representation, not as bias
• Teacher and preist
• Well known, high status and influence

• Biographer - wrote about Alexander's life, battles and campaigns
• Roman Consul
• Roman Army - good knowledge of battle tactics and the life of a solider

• Reliable - wrote closer to Alexander's lifetime
• Not all books survived, so limited information
• Detailed and dramatic
• Understood Latin
• Travelled so had great knowledge of ALexander's campaigns

ALEXANDER'S ROLES

• Head of Calvary, with best of commanders
• Lead calvary to Darius (Persian King)
• Good leader
• Inspiring
• Eager
• Broke through lines, scaring Darius away
• Wanted success to make his father proud

PHALANX - battle formation

• Tightly knit, less armour, slow to move, well trained, organised, effective, not always on time, need flat land, break in formation, pikes (8ft long) to keep Romans back

ALEXANDER AND BUCEPHALUS

• Alexander takes control of a horse who was deemed as 'untamable', even though no one else could.
• Phillip didn't believe that he could, and mocked him
• Alexander calmed the horse, mounts it and rides away
• Phillip is overjoyed and exclaims: "My child, you must seek a kingdom equal to yourself; Macedonia is not big enough for you."
• Ambitious
• Confident
• Determined