Map Description

Historical Map of the Macedonian Empire 336-323 BC.

Insets: The Aetolian and Achaian Leagues. Plan of Tyre.

Illustrating

• In Blue: Routes of Alexander
  
  
• In Yellow: Routes of Alexander's generals (Nearchus, Craterus)
  
  
• Persian royal highway
  
  
• Greek colonies
  
  

Greece (Hellas) is given a special color because the political relation of Alexander to it was not the same as that to other parts of the empire.

Crete and Sparta did not acknowledge the Macedonian supremacy. (Although Sparta had to face the music in 331 BC, see Battle of Megalopolis.)

Armenia, Cyprus and Cyrenaica (the eastern part of Libya) were but nominally subject to it.


Regarding Greece:

The Greek cities had a special status under the League of Corinth, which Alexander inherited from his father Philip II (see Battle of Chaeronea August 338 BC). They maintained their internal self-governance and were treated as partners rather than subjects.

In contrast, territories like Persia, Egypt, and the eastern provinces were ruled more directly as conquered lands, with Alexander taking on traditional roles like Pharaoh in Egypt or Great King in Persia.

He installed governors and collected tribute from these regions in a more conventional imperial manner.

Credits

University of Texas at Austin. Historical Atlas by William Shepherd (1923-26).

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