Tristan Hughes

You then send home some of them, like the Thessalians, stay for a bit, then you send them home as well.

And you've still got your Macedonians, and you've got lots and lots of mercenaries, and you've got lots and lots of Asian troops.

Now,

So your army is numerically bigger than it's ever been, but it's changed fundamentally.

You're no longer really there as the leader of the League of Corinth that Philip had created.

Again, modern term, but that's the idea of this alliance of Greek states to come under Macedonian leadership and avenge themselves on the Persians for this ancient wrong done to them.

And it's often the way with other empires that when they first arrive, they're actually welcomed and they're seen as a protector against some other enemy.

But it's that when they settle down, it's what do they want in turn for this?

And then they go to stay.

Then you start to think, actually, no, I don't want that.

And I didn't invite them.

So let's change our mind.

And there may be some disruption to trade.

It may just be the sense that someone is marking out farmland and saying, this is now mine.

in areas where you've grazed your flocks.

And it is that permanence.

It's that, I wouldn't mind you as a friend.

I wouldn't mind occasionally if I'm in trouble, you come and send some troops and help me.

But why are you here?

Why are you on my doorstep?