QuizQuiz1.1. What year was the King Agis rebellion?What year was the King Agis rebellion?2.2. Who did King Agis encourage to begin a Who did King Agis encourage to begin a

rebellion in Thrace?rebellion in Thrace?3.3. Who went to Thrace (as deputy hegemon) to try Who went to Thrace (as deputy hegemon) to try

and stop the rebellion?and stop the rebellion?4.4. Who helped by funding King Agis in his rebellion Who helped by funding King Agis in his rebellion

and providing him with mercenaries?and providing him with mercenaries?5.5. Why, when King Agis was recruiting support, did Why, when King Agis was recruiting support, did

Athens say “no way!”Athens say “no way!”6.6. Where was King Agis from?Where was King Agis from?7.7. What did the League of Corinth decide that What did the League of Corinth decide that

should be punishment for these rebellions?should be punishment for these rebellions?8.8. Who ended up killing King Agis?Who ended up killing King Agis?9.9. What is the greek term from the League of What is the greek term from the League of

Corinth that means “common peace”?Corinth that means “common peace”?10.10. How did King Agis’ How did King Agis’ 11stst rebellion end? rebellion end?

Alexander and the Alexander and the GreeksGreeks

The exiles The exiles decreedecree

324 BC324 BC

It is 324 BC. It is 324 BC. We are at the Olympic games!We are at the Olympic games!

When suddenly, a man comes up to When suddenly, a man comes up to the podium to make an the podium to make an announcement….announcement….

The 20 000 strong crowd cheers!!The 20 000 strong crowd cheers!!

The exiles are stoked to be The exiles are stoked to be allowed to return homeallowed to return home

But some greek states are But some greek states are unhappy about thisunhappy about this

What was the Exiles Decree?

“That people who had been exiled from Greek “That people who had been exiled from Greek states for political reasons could now return to their states for political reasons could now return to their

homes.”homes.” The exiles decree was an announcement made by

Alexander when he was in Susa in 324. He assembled his troops to tell them. He sent Nicanor to Greece to announce this

decree to the Greeks at the Olympic Games in 324. The 20 000 people gathered cheered when they heard the news.

This decree caused problems : Greek cities were forced to accept an influx of

potential hostile citizens Greek governments had to deal with the problem

of confiscated properties Use p.32 of your Paul Artus book to fill in the

following diagram

It was Alexander’s way of It was Alexander’s way of controlling the Greek States controlling the Greek States

By allowing exiles back home this By allowing exiles back home this would have kept the Greek states would have kept the Greek states preoccupied dealing with this so this preoccupied dealing with this so this meant that the states would not have meant that the states would not have time to consider rebelling against time to consider rebelling against Alexander or MacedoniaAlexander or Macedonia

homework homework …in your workbooks……in your workbooks… Paul Artus: Read notes on exiles Paul Artus: Read notes on exiles

decree p.32decree p.32 Yellow Book: Read ‘Alexander and Yellow Book: Read ‘Alexander and

the Greeks’ p.118 the Greeks’ p.118 Yellow Book: Hamilton worksheet Yellow Book: Hamilton worksheet

‘Exiles Decree’ p.119‘Exiles Decree’ p.119