Philip and Alexander Quotes

“There was little or no resistance to the Macedonian advance,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“and as one war seemed to end another began.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“He was the first to report that Bessus had declared himself king,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“it was natural for Macedonians and other troops alike to conclude that the great expedition was over.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“where the right to rule of the Persian king as representative of the god Ahura Mazda was annually reaffirmed”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“The march from Babylon to Susa took the army twenty unhurried days”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“the balance of probability is that Alexander’s men were heavily outnumbered”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“but refusing to halt and prosecute a formal siege.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Luck and skill were with the Macedonians and the gamble paid off.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“began in 338 BC”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“THE MAIN INVASION had at last begun,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“By the spring of 334 BC preparations were complete”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“By the end of 335 BC”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Alexander attended the great feast celebrating the union”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Philip was besotted”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“all suggesting local retreats and lulls as men gathered their breath.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Demosthenes defended the general,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Open debate in the Assembly ensured that Philip was aware of what was being said about him at Athens,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“The trial occurred in 345 BC with accusations of prostitution”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Assassination remained as great a danger as it was for any Argead,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Being Greek set someone apart from the barbarians”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“The development of the polis is not at all well understood,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Macedonian variant of the phalanx was eight ranks deep,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Philip issued a new weapon”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Philip took charge of a shrunken and impoverished kingdom surrounded by enemies,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Rarely did the Macedonians refer to their monarch as king (basileus),”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“None of our sources preserve any stories about Philip’s birth or early childhood.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Perhaps the Argeads were originally from elsewhere—a chief and his band of warriors”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“Philip and Alexander were such leaders,”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors

“The Macedonians and Greek has been raised to despise Persians and all Asians as barbarians, fit only to be slaves, and the defeat of Darius and his great armies can only have reinforced their immense sense of superiority. They were master over subjects whose language and culture held no interest or value for them, apart from its luxury, wealth, and famously beautiful women.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors