A review by atuin
Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire by Kenneth W. Harl

challenging informative

4.0

A detailed look at Phillip of Macedonia, is famous son Alexander, and the aftermath of his conquests. The lecturer focuses on how the foundations Philip built in Macedon, how Alexander used those foundations to achieve spectacular military victories, the economic/cultural issues surrounding his army, and some of the surrounding context for how people in different eras thought of Alex. This lecturer definitely leans towards a positive view of Alexander, although he does acknowledge the opposing negative view before arguing against it. Near the end, he insists that without Alexander, we would not have Jesus, which I thought was going a bit far, but aside from that this is a very well researched and interesting lecture.