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One of his aims was to use Greek culture as a 'civilising' influence. He established over 70 Greek-style city-states, married his soldiers in droves to local women, inducted Persians into his army, but his early death limited this programme. His successors carried this on amongst the upper classes, but the lower classes maintained their normal cultures.

Hellenistic means 'like Hellenic' - the Macedonian and Greek overlords were not about to give full

Hellenic rights to the people they ruled and profited from.

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