Chapter 119: Stabilizing the Greek Peninsula
In the following period, Alexander promulgated a series of policies in favor of the autonomy of the Greek city-states, which made the Greeks greatly favor the young king, and praised his noble qualities and generous deeds. Since the Athenian warring faction led by Demostinian had already been killed and wounded after the Lamian War (the war of the Greek states against Macedonia after the death of the Emperor), when Alexander relieved Dmitry of Phaleri as tyrant and gave Athens permanent autonomy, the attitude of the Athenians towards Macedonia also changed greatly, and the citizens even demanded that Alexander be awarded the honor of transcending the norm, and the people of Athens called him the patron saint and the rescuer.
In order to strengthen the effect of flattery, the citizens voted unanimously to change the traditional customs of the city, and no longer use the name of the chief consul as a chronology. In order to give Alexander IV the greatest honor, all the acts and documents of the city-state had his name on them, which were used to indicate the year in which they were promulgated. They also issued edicts to weave portraits of Alexander alongside the gods and motifs into sacred garments (every 15 years, sacred robes were to be made for Panathena, displayed in solemn processions, and then dedicated to the temple of Athena stored on the Acropolis, in order to highlight the goddess's exploits, especially in the battle of the giants and to win the final victory). In the end, there was a desire to establish a new tribe, named the Alexandria tribe, and the original council consisted of 500 members, which were elected by each tribe, and the establishment of a new tribe would mean that the councillors became 550 people.
Something similar happened in many city-states, but to everyone's surprise, Alexander rejected almost all of the proposals, which made the city-states and Alexander's generals very puzzled, and Alexander's prestige would reach unparalleled heights with so many honors. But Alexander readily refused, for he clearly remembered that Plutarch wrote in his biography of Dmitry: "A wise monarch should not value sculptures, portraits, and titles of divinity, though they are bestowed by the people; He should pay more attention to his words, deeds and deeds. The judgment of whether the people are trustworthy or not by those in power depends on whether they are genuinely loyal or forced to submit, rather than superficial flattery. In fact, it is not uncommon for the people to see the most hated rulers of greed and arrogance, ignorant people who accept honor and flattery, and who have no respect for the granter of free will. ”
Alexander's unpretentious attitude made many city-states praise his greatness and selflessness, and in addition to increasing his prestige, Alexander's greatest practical gain from this trip to the south was to bring in a large number of doctors, blacksmiths and architects, which played a major role in building his war machine in the future. Apelles, the court painter of Macedonia, came from Ephesus, and Charles came from Mytilene on the island of Lesvos, and he brought Alexander one of his books, The History of Alexander, which of course was a historical work depicting Alexander the Great, which made Alexander very happy and kept the books in the royal palace of Pella.
The only discordant were the Aetolians, who had not been heard from since they had been hunted down by Polybecon in the Lamian War and finally fled into the mountains, and had not submitted to Alexander, not even the most basic. Alexander was ready to resolutely exterminate this unsubmissive people. He ordered the Phokis to act as strikers and guides into the mountains of Aetoria.
The results of the war soon came out, the Macedonian army was marching step by step, the Aetolians had the Epirus in the northwest, and the Thessalians in the northeast who had surrendered, and the Aetolians had to lead the crowd to surrender under the hopelessness of several breakthroughs, but Alexander did not give them a good look, and as a punishment they were all reduced to slaves, this hand was ruthless enough, so that all the Greeks shuddered, and the trick of turnips and sticks Alexander played very skillfully, This ethnic group that originally helped Rome destroy the Macedonian Antigonus dynasty in history can be regarded as completely withdrawn from the stage of history.
Alexander reaffirmed the significance of the Panhellenic alliance and called for a closer alliance, which was more intimate than usual, and was echoed by almost all the native states, including the Macedonian Empire, Athens, Corinth, Sparta, Argos, Megara, Olympia and the Aegean states of Caius, Rhodes, and Crete, and the nature of the alliance was close to that of later confederations. Alexander's direct domains included Macedonia, Southern Thrace, Helespontfrigiania, Greater Phrygia, Lydia, Lykia, Licaonia, Arria, Cappadocia, Pisidia, Silesia, Panfilia, Syria, Judah, Babylonia, Mesopotamia, Upper Medes, Elamand, and distant Sogdiana and Bactria, which were effective domains. There were also the vassal Greek states and semi-independent Cyrenaica and the more independent but close-related Paropamisada, plus some Greek colonies in Greater Greece and Sicily, which were more identified with Macedonia. There is no such strong team in the world. Although the Macedonian Empire had not yet reached its heyday in the Age of the Great, it was not easy to quickly quell the rebellion in such a short period of time and expand its territory to such a size.
Since there was no civil official enough to manage one side (there was no concept of civil officials at this time, the provinces were ruled by governors, and almost no governor was ignorant of military affairs), Alexander had to hand over the newly vacated territory to his henchmen, and divided Attalus as the governor of Syria, eumenus as the governor of Judah, Phoenix as the governor of Cappadocia, Cassandus as the governor of the Medes, Antigonus as the governor of Elam, Aridaus as the governor of Hellespont-Phrygia, and Amphimarcus as the governor of Mesopotamia. Nyakas was the governor of Lydia, Docomos was the governor of Silesia, and Alexander was the marshal of the navy, with his headquarters in Naxos and the governor of the Aegean islands, and he governed most of the islands of the Aegean Sea, except for a few large islands such as Rhodes, Crete, Euboea, and Caios. Arestonos, Polybecon, Neakas, and Antignis were the four generalissimos of the empire, responsible for the four major military regions, namely the West Asian Military Region (headquarters in Babylon), the Balkan Military Region (headquarters in Pella), the Anatolian Military Region (headquarters in Sardis), and the Central Asian Military Region (temporarily located in Susa). Eumenes was the Imperial Minister, Sillonimus was the Vice-Minister, Eumenes was the Auxiliary, Philotas was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Philip was the Minister of Commerce, and Raometon was the Minister of Workers and Peasants, and was stationed in Babylon with the Prime Minister.
The new generals of Nicano, Ptolemy (nephew), Mithridates I, Mithridates II, Ehuagoras, Telethforos (nephew), Amisus, and Aristaudmus of Miletus followed Alexander as the commander of the legions and participated in the next expedition, accompanied by Amintas, Ares, Cretos, Ducarros, Gretas, Patrocles, Cornus the Younger, Gueras, and Agaso. At this time, Cassandris, Ptolemy the Younger, Kerion, Pyrus, and Yaros were all thousands of miles away in Ecbatana, working to stabilize the eastern region.
In addition, Seleucus was the Marshal of the North African Military Region and the Governor of Cyrenaica, and Lysimachus was the Governor of Thrace, and he also held the title of Marshal of the Nordic Military Region, except for Ptolemy of Egypt.
After much consideration, Alexander gave Aria to Epicurus and Lycchia to Stratus to repair and expand the "Lyceum of Escape", and the teacher Theophrastus re-entered the Lyceum and continued to teach. Although he is already in his sixties, his body is still very strong, and he originally lived until 284 BC, and he still has thirty years to live, and he will spend the remaining time studying and teaching students, and cultivating more talents for the future of the Macedonian Empire.