Battles/Military Matters

After Granicus . . . Miletus 334 disbanding the fleet halicarnassus

At Granicus Alexander had shown superior tactics

• He showed many attributes of a good army leader during this battle • These were: (list what good qualities as a

commander he showed before and during the battle)

• The Persians were beaten and many fled

• After Granicus most cities were afraid of Alexander and the Macedonian army so they surrendered to him.

• Alexander was cruising through Miletus. The governor said he would surrender.

Yes come on through Alexander! Take our city, I wasn’t that keen on ruling it anyway.

But then changed his mind because he knew the Persian fleet wasn’t far away, and they could help him out in fighting against Alexander Actually I might be able to take him on!

Miletus 334BC

where’s miletus?

But Alexander got there first

• Alexander’s Greek fleet arrived first and blockaded the harbour. So with no help from the Persian boats who couldn’t get in, Miletus fell to Alexander easily.

Persian fleet 400 ships Greek fleet 150 ships.

lead by Nicanor

Miletus 334

• Some of the people fighting to defend Miletus were Greek mercenaries.They escaped and occupied the citadel • But this time instead of punishing the Mercenaries Alexander offered to employ them for the Macedonian army instead of killing them. This kept the Greeks on his side. Alexander “was moved to pity by their courage and loyalty.” (Arrian)

Disbanding the fleet 334

• After Miletus, Alexander did something unusual. • He disbanded his fleet (sent home the Athenian navy/boats) Apart from 20 boats The reasons Arrian gives for this are: - He had no money - He was in control of all the ports in Asia Minor and thought he could keep the Persian fleet out.

Disbanding the fleet 334

The Persian navy

Alexander took a considerable gamble by sending his fleet away, which was a decision that could have backfired. But he was very lucky.

Was bigger and stronger Than the Greek (Athenian) navy

He knew his strength lay in his army and that he was weak in ships. Where as the Persians had a very strong naval fleet and a weak ______. He couldn’t beat the Persians at sea so he wanted to fight them on __________, this would be done by preventing the Persian fleet from ever being able to dock anywhere for supplies. For halicarnassus Read p.47 & highlight you read!

– yellow books – write notes in your book about what

Homework, very important to complete.

• In your workbooks, Read and Highlight p.45

• Answer questions on ‘Disbanding the fleet’ p. 46 • p. 46, Paul Artus book. Read the information under the heading ‘Miletus’ and ‘Disbanding the fleet’ • Take notes on key info from this page

Halicarnassus 334

Halicarnassus 334

• Instead of writing notes, Read & highlight all of p. 47 in your workbooks about ‘Alexander in Caria: Halicarnassas, Autumn 334BC’ • Answer questions on ‘ Halicarnassus’ (Hamilton worksheet) p. 48

Hmmm…

• What did the events at Miletus and Halicarnassus show us about Alexander?

= His military skill and that he does make mistakes, and the lengths to which he was prepared to go to maintain control