Finally, the technology and weapons utilized by the Macedonians enabled them to be better equipped in battle than other armies. It also allowed them to sustain fewer casualties and losses. Peter Connolly and numerous other historians agree that advanced technology such as pikes, sarissas, shields, swords, helmets, and chest plates were either invented, developed, or modified to fit the needs of the Macedonians and allow the army to defeat enemy armies like the Persians and Greeks (Conolly 60-61)
What can we learn about Alexander the Great’s military organization? How does Alexander use the military structure to provide unity for his empire? How is he trying to change the relationship between Greeks and Persians in his army? Is he successful in forging unity? Why or why not? From Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander, together with the Indica. (c.86-160; E. J. Chinnock, tr. (London: George Bell and Sons, 1893.) and Plutarch. Plutarch’s Lives. (c.46-120; Bernadotte Perrin.) it tells of Alexander’s
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