Northern Campaigns

• Thrace-Triballians and Illyrians
• Natives occupied high ground with carts
• Alexander gets men to side step them and put shields up (LAT)
• Easy win-1500 killed

• Triballian king sends woman and children across Danube and so Alexander retraces his steps. Alexander catches them napping and attacks. Triballians hold on in long range combat but are defeated.

• Getae-Alexander going to cross Danube but decides to use land rather then ships but meets resistance.
• Going to cross river to attack the 14,000.
• Changes his plan and attacks at night.
• Getae overcome by the phalynx and the swift movements of Alexander and flee the town which Alexander takes.

• Alexander visited by King of Triballians and other Native groups such as the Celts who want to make friendship with Alexander which he does.

• Cleitus in revolt-Makes his way to Pelium which Cleitus occupied.
• Town was rigged and defended and so Alexander locks them up.
• Glaucias arrives with army of Taulantians and Alexander abandons plans.
• Alexander gets men to search and forage around.
• Glaucias seizes high ground but Alexander shows off with Phalynx and Glaucias abandons high ground. Alexander deals with opposition.
• Alexander moves in night to attack Cleitus and Glaucias who are camped without protection. Kills many. Cleitus goes back to town, sets fire and seeks refuge with Glaucias.

Thebes-335 BC

• Part of Northern Campaign.
• People in Thebes try to take over the Macedonian Garrison in Cadmeia.
• Demosthenes tries to overthrow government by inviting people in exile back, by inciting revolt and by supplying the people with arms.
• He insisted that Alexander had died in Illyria.
• Alexander worried that this might spread to other states in the Peloponnese.
• Alexander marches to within 6 miles by halts to give them a chance to repent. (PERSON)
• Thebans refuse and attack Macedonians with missiles.
• Alexander moves outside the gates but still waits.

• Perdiccas begins assault on his own accord and breaches the palicide at Cadmeia.
• Alexander orders advance with archers and Agrianes to avoid him being cut off.
• Perdiccas wounded and boxed in Thebans but they revolt and attack with Macedonians retreating.
• Alexander counters and Thebans fail to shut gate in time.
• Slaughter-Burst into houses and spare neither men nor woman. 6000 killed and 30,000 taken prisoner.

• Reasons-Put down to wrath of G-d for Theben treachery of Athens in Persian War and saying Athenians should be sold into slavery.
• Signs from heaven that had been prophesising it.
• Various branches of Aetolians beg for forgiveness.
• Athens sent men to say they approved of punishment.
• Alexander demanded men in charge of revolt and Demosthenes.
• Athenians beg him to relent and he does (PERSON)

• Results-

1. Pindar the poet spared. (PERSON)
2. Arrian against slaughter at Thebes.
3. Timocleia. (PERSON)
4. Blamed Cleitus murder and Mutiny and Hyphasis on G-d’s anger at this.
5. Goes to Delphi to visit Oracle of Apollo ‘you are invincible my son’
6. Greek campaign over.