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http://www.makedonijaese.com/storia_GR.htm . Enraged, Alexander marched south covering 240 miles in two weeks appearing before the walls of Thebes with large Macedonian army. They were not aware that the Athenians and the Peloponnesians, stunned by the speed of the Macedonian king, quickly reconsidered their options and were now awaiting the outcome of the battle before they make their next move. Alexander's general Perdicca attacked the gates, broke into the city, and Alexander moved with the rest of the army behind him to prevent the Thebans from cutting him off. The Macedonians stormed the city, killing everyone in sight, women and children included. 6,000 Thebans citizens died and 30,000 more were sold as slaves. The city where Alexander's father was kept as hostage for three years, was plundered, sacked, burned, and razed to the ground, . Only the temples and the house of the poet Pindar were spared from distraction. This was example to the rest of Athens and the other city-states quickly rethought their quest for freedom. 222 a.C to Sellasia, where macedon army and Antigon king of Macedonia defauted the spartan army and king . For the first time in the history an enemy army entered to Sparta ; quickly after the Peloponnes bicome practically macedon protectorat who is the ancients thebans: The Sacred Band of Thebes was a troop of picked soldiers, numbering 150 HOMOSEXSUAL COPYES, which formed the elite force of the Theban army in the 4th century BC.[1] It was organised by the Theban commander Gorgidas in 378 BC and played a crucial role in the Battle of Leuctra. It was completely annihilated, however, by Alexander the Great under Philip II of Macedon in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC. Suppression of the Ahino-spartan Rebellion, Discharge of the Greeks, and the Death of Darius Meanwhile in Atens and Sparta, the athinians under the leadership of Sparta rose to a rebellion against the Macedonian occupation. Antipater was in Thrace at the time and the athino-spartans took the opportunity to push back the Macedonian forces. But their initial victory did not last for long as Antipater returned with a large army, defeated the rebels, and regained Athina. 5,300 athino-spartans, including the Spartan king Agis were killed, while the Macedonians lost 3,500 men. In Asia, the news of the beginning of the athino-spartan rebellion had Alexander so deeply worried, that he immediately sent money to Antipater to counter it. And when he learned that the corinthian corinthian league soldiers were defeated, he proclaimed the end of the "Hellenic Crusade" and discharged all-corintian lege forces in his army. He no longer needed these hostages and potential troublemakers In the army there were 25,000 Macedonians, 7,600 soldiers of corinthian league(nothing else but hostages), 7,000 Thracians and Illyrians, but the chief officers were all Macedonians, and Macedonians also commanded the foreign troops. Alexander's second in command was Philip's general Parmenio, the other important commanders being Perdicca, Crater, Coen, Meleager, Antigon, and Parmenio son Philota. The army soon encountered the forces of King Darius III. There were 40,000 Persians and Ionians (20,000 each) waiting for them at the crossing of the river Granicus, near the ancient city of Troy. These Ionians had joined the Persians in the years following the defeat of the athino-spartan army by Philip II at Chaeronea. It is important to note the number of athinian on the both sides. The athinian in the Macedonian train were mobilized by the Macedonians, and historians Peter Green and Ulrich Wilcken speak of them as hostages that would ensure the good behavior of their countrymen left behind in Athina under the watch of Antipater's Macedonian garrisons. Not surprisingly, the soldiers of corinthian league in Alexander's army played insignificant role in the upcoming battles, only to be discharged when convenient. But far greater number of Greeks joined the Persians brushing away the memory of the Persian invasion of Athina some 150 years ago. The ancient athinian historian Arrian cited the "old racial rivalry between the athino-spartan and Macedonians" that led to this hatred on both sides. The Macedonians defeated the Persians and put them to flight and although the ionians held their ground and fiercely fought, the battle ended in Macedonian victory. Almost the entire Ionian force was annihilated. 18,000 ionians perished on the banks of Granicus and the 2,000 survivors were sent to forced labor in Macedonia. The Macedonians lost only 120 men according to tradition