• 4 AD the Spartans beat the Persians
• Spartans chalenge the Athenians
• Fallinx against Fallinx warefare
• The Athenians built the long walls
• The only problem with this is that the Spartans would force the Athenians into their owm walls
• The Athenians catch a plague when they are in their walls
• the Spartans then go home
• Alcibiades is popular in Athens
• He comes up with the idea of invading Sicily
• This is called the Sicilianic Expedition
• Someone created mass vandalism
• His political enemies said that he did and people believe him
• He was convicted of this
• We think that he spilled the beans on the Athenians so that he could get revenge on what they did to him
• The Spartans are there waiting for them when they get there
• It was the greatest Greek defeat, so much that they still remember it today
• Aristotle was the mentor to a boy named Alexander
• He lived in Masedonia
• He could see Mount Olympis where he grew up
• This was the home of the gods
• Alexander's dad was the king of Macedon
• When Alex turns 19 his dad gets assasinated
• The first thing he does is get revenge on the people who killed his dad
• He becomes the king
• He would be the one to take revenge on the Persians
• He does that over the next few years
• He ruled most of the known world when he was 19
• Alexander goes to Troy
• He threw a spear into Troy and said he conquered Persia
• He does it for the symbolism
• He winds up in a town named Gordian
• There is a legend here. There was an ox cart that was tied up to a huge knot. It was almost impossible to untie. Whoever can undo this knot was known as the conquerer of the world. He says that he is going to do it. He pulls out his sword and chops it in half.
• When he gets to Egypt he is hailed as a king because the Egyptians hate Persia
• They take a roadtrip to an Oasis named Siwa