In the spring of 335 BC, Alexander the Great launched a campaign that led him deep into the interior of the Balkans, up to and beyond the banks of Danube. According to Arrian, our main source for these events, the primary reason for the expedition was the safety of Macedonian borders in the context of the planned Asian campaign. However, once this was achieved, new threat arose: three Illyrian tribes went to war against Macedonian king. The brief but bloody Illyrian war that followed is often neglected and/or misunderstood in modern historical literature. This paper offers a reexamination of the available source material and a possible reconstruction of the details of the campaign.
Keywords:
Military History / Alexander the Great / Ancient Greek History / Illyrian Archaeology / Ancient Macedonia / Illyrian History
Source:
Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 2021, 31, 61-4, 496-526
Publisher:
Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, Durham NC, USA
TY - JOUR
AU - Vujčić, Nemanja
PY - 2021
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4367
AB - In the spring of 335 BC, Alexander the Great launched a campaign that led him deep into the interior of the Balkans, up to and beyond the banks of Danube. According to Arrian, our main source for these events, the primary reason for the expedition was the safety of Macedonian borders in the context of the planned Asian campaign. However, once this was achieved, new threat arose: three Illyrian tribes went to war against Macedonian king. The brief but bloody Illyrian war that followed is often neglected and/or misunderstood in modern historical literature. This paper offers a reexamination of the available source material and a possible reconstruction of the details of the campaign.
PB - Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, Durham NC, USA
T2 - Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies
T1 - The City of Pelion and the Illyrian War of Alexander, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies
EP - 526
IS - 61-4
SP - 496
VL - 31
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4367
ER -
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publisher = "Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, Durham NC, USA",
journal = "Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies",
title = "The City of Pelion and the Illyrian War of Alexander, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies",
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Vujčić, N.. (2021). The City of Pelion and the Illyrian War of Alexander, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. in Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies
Department of Classical Studies, Duke University, Durham NC, USA., 31(61-4), 496-526.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4367
Vujčić N. The City of Pelion and the Illyrian War of Alexander, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. in Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. 2021;31(61-4):496-526.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4367 .
Vujčić, Nemanja, "The City of Pelion and the Illyrian War of Alexander, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies" in Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 31, no. 61-4 (2021):496-526,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_4367 .
