Person:Philip II of Macedon (1)

Philip II _____, King of Macedon
b.Est 382 BC
d.Est 336 BC
  1. Alexander the Great _____356 BC - 323 BC
  • HPhilip II _____, King of MacedonEst 382 BC - Est 336 BC
  • WAudata _____
  1. Cynane _____ - 323 BC
Facts and Events
Name Philip II _____, King of Macedon
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 382 BC

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Marriage to Olympias _____, of the Molossians
Marriage to Audata _____
Death[1] Est 336 BC
Reference Number? Q130650?
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Philip II of Macedon, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    Philip II of Macedon ( ; 382 – 21 October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty, founders of the ancient kingdom, and the father of Alexander the Great.

    The rise of Macedon—its conquest and political consolidation of most of Classical Greece during his reign—was achieved by his reformation of the army (the establishment of the Macedonian phalanx that proved critical in securing victories on the battlefield), his extensive use of siege engines, and his utilization of effective diplomacy and marriage alliances.

    After defeating the Greek city-states of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Philip II led the effort to establish a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with him as the elected hegemon and commander-in-chief of Greece for a planned invasion of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. However, his assassination by a royal bodyguard, Pausanias of Orestis, led to the immediate succession of his son Alexander, who would go on to invade the Achaemenid Empire in his father's stead.

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