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The ___MASK45___ of a ___MASK43___ are its ___MASK62___ - sponsored defense , fighting forces , and organizations . They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors . In broad usage , the terms " ___MASK45___ " and " military " are often treated synonymously , although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a ___MASK43___ ' s ___MASK45___ ___MASK40___ include both its military and other paramilitary forces . Armed force is the use of ___MASK45___ to achieve political objectives . The study of the use of ___MASK45___ is called military science . Broadly speaking , this involves considering offense and defense at three " levels ": strategy , operational art , and tactics . All three levels study the application of the use of force in order to achieve a desired objective . Basileus is a Greek term and title that has signified various types of monarchs in ___MASK75___ . In the English - speaking world it is perhaps most widely understood to mean " king " or " emperor ". The best known use of the title is by the Byzantine emperors , but the title also has a longer ___MASK75___ of use by sovereigns and other persons of authority in ancient Greece , as well as for the kings of modern Greece . Satraps ( Old Persian : xšarapwn ) were the governors of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid ( Persian ) Empires and in several of their successors , such as the Sasanian ___MASK7___ and the Hellenistic empires . The ___MASK20___ or Wars of Alexander ' s Successors , ( Greek :    , " Polemoi ton Diadochon ") were a series of conflicts fought between Alexander the Great ' s generals over the rule of his vast empire , after his death . They occurred between 322 and 275 BC . </ div > ___MASK80___ is a ___MASK65___ of armed conflict between societies . It is generally characterized by extreme aggression , destruction , and mortality , using regular or irregular ___MASK97___ forces . An absence of war is usually called " peace ". Warfare refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war , or of wars in general . Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate ___MASK97___ targets , and can result in massive civilian or other non - combatant casualties . The Diadochi ( plural of Latin Diadochus , from , " Diádokhoi ", " successors ") were the rival generals , families and ___MASK37___ of Alexander the Great who fought for control over his ___MASK7___ after his death in 323 BC . The Wars of the " Diadochi " mark the beginning of the Hellenistic period . Antigonus I Monophthalmus ( Antigonus the One - eyed , 382  301 BC ), son of Philip from Elimeia , was a Macedonian nobleman , general , and satrap under Alexander the Great . During his early ___MASK6___ he served under Philip II , and he was a major figure in the ___MASK20___ after Alexander ' s death , declaring himself king in 306 BC and establishing the Antigonid dynasty . Latin ( Latin : ) is a classical ___MASK78___ belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo - European languages . The ___MASK72___ is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets . A battle is a combat in ___MASK15___ between two or more ___MASK45___ , or combatants . A ___MASK80___ sometimes consists of many battles . Battles generally are well defined in duration , area , and force commitment . Alexander ___MASK31___ of Macedon ( 20 / 21 July 356 BC  10 / 11 ___MASK96___ 323 BC ), commonly known as Alexander the Great (" Aléxandros ho Mégas " ), was a king (" basileus ") of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty . Born in Pella in 356 BC , Alexander succeeded his father , Philip II , to the throne at the age of twenty . He spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign through ___MASK54___ and northeast Africa , and by the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world , stretching from Greece to northwestern India . He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered one of history ' s most successful military commanders . Pella , is an ancient ___MASK83___ located in Central Macedonia , Greece , best known as the historical capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon in the time of Alexander the Great . On the site of the ancient ___MASK83___ is the Archaeological Museum of Pella . Eumenes of Cardia ( ___MASK49___ . 362  316 BC ) was a Greek general and scholar . He participated in the ___MASK20___ as a supporter of the Macedonian Argead royal house . The Battle of Paraitakene ( also called Paraetacene ; Greek :  ) was a battle in the wars of the successors of Alexander the Great ( see Diadochi ) between Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Eumenes . It was fought in 317 BC . ___MASK32___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK32___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South ___MASK54___ . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the ___MASK67___ of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK32___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK32___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . The ___MASK71___ covers the period of ancient Greek ( Hellenic ) ___MASK75___ and Mediterranean ___MASK75___ between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman ___MASK7___ as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year . At this time , Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe , Africa and Asia , experiencing prosperity and progress in the arts , exploration , literature , theatre , architecture , music , mathematics , philosophy , and science . It is often considered a period of transition , sometimes even of decadence or degeneration , compared to the enlightenment of the Greek Classical era . The ___MASK71___ saw the rise of New Comedy , Alexandrian poetry , the Septuagint and the philosophies of Stoicism and Epicureanism . Greek Science was advanced by the works of the mathematician Euclid and the polymath Archimedes . The religious sphere expanded to include new gods such as the Greco - Egyptian Serapis , eastern deities such as Attis and Cybele and the Greek adoption of Buddhism . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a ___MASK43___ in southeastern Europe . Greece ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest ___MASK83___ , followed by Thessaloniki .