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The lower-nobility commander whom Jiang identifies as Philip's partner in war and greatest general.
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Parmenion
The lower-nobility commander whom Jiang identifies as Philip's partner in war and greatest general.
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Alexander killed Philip’s loyal men to make his own empire, which caused his generals to fear they were next and conspire to poison him.
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Jiang emphasizes that Attalus's father-in-law Parmenion was Philip's partner, Macedon's greatest general, and the person in control of the army, making the succession threat militarily serious.
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Jiang treats Philip's promotion and trust of Parmenion as evidence that Philip had unusual judgment of people and knew how to use talent effectively.
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After uniting Greece, Philip's ambition shifted to Persia, and he sent Parmenion with about 10,000 men as a vanguard into Anatolia before his own planned invasion.
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"...he was slowly killing off his father's most loyal man so Parmenion who was um Philip II's top general Alexander killed and then Cletus..."
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"...The other problem is that Attalus his father -in -law is Parmenion Who is really Philip's partner. Okay, the greatest general that Macedon has..."
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"...and who would become his most successful general, his name is Parmenion. Parmenion. Okay? I want you to remember this guy. Parmenion. Okay? Because..."
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"Even though Parmenion, he was not, he was born into the lower nobility. Okay? He certainly had some money. But Philip treated him as..."
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"...Okay? So what he did was, he sent his great general Parmenion into Persia. Okay? They remember in Anatolia at this time, which is..."
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"...let's remember this. Philip II had a really talented subordinate in Parmenion."
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"Parmenion was really the person in charge of the Macedon army. In fact, it was Parmenion who was most responsible for Alexander the Great's..."
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"...country. Okay? But not only that, but he praised people like Parmenion. Okay? He used his speeches to praise soldiers that were good examples...."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Hellenistic World lecture: empire stabilizes itself into stagnation, borderlands beat it with energy and openness, Greece wins as a borderland, then becomes the empire whose universities, cities, and translations...
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A source-grounded reading of Alexander as the inheriting son: expansionist, obedience-hungry, and unable to hear correction except as betrayal.
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Greek culture did not spread because everyone recognized its beauty.
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