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Jul 15, 2023 · In 399 BCE, Macedon slid into an ongoing civil war, with the nobles openly rejecting the authority of the king and the country sliding into anarchy. The war lasted for forty years. In 359 BCE, the Macedonian king, Philip II, re-unified the country. Philip was the classic Macedonian leader: shrewd, clever, skilled in battle, and quick to reward ...
340 BCE. Macedon funds the building of a large temple on Samothrace . 339 BCE. Philip II of Macedon fights the Scythians . 336 BCE. Marriage of Olympias ' brother Alexander to her daughter Cleopatra . May 334 BCE - 324 BCE. Antipater is regent of Macedon in Alexander 's absence. 324 BCE.
Aug 2, 2019 · 5. Philip’s reforms to the Macedonian army were revolutionary. Philip transformed his army from a backward rabble into a disciplined and organised force, centred around the combined use of infantry, cavalry and siege equipment. 6. Arguably his greatest reform was to the Macedonian infantry….
Cleopatra of Macedon. Cleopatra of Macedonia ( Greek: Κλεοπάτρα της Μακεδονίας; c. 355/354 BC – 308 BC), or Cleopatra of Epirus ( Greek: Κλεοπάτρα της Ηπείρου) was an ancient Macedonian princess and later queen regent of Epirus. The daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus, she was the ...
In 357 bc Philip, after defeating the Illyrians who had killed his brother, captured the coastal colony of Amphipolis, to the alarm of the Athenians, who were concerned for their grain route. Philip II of Macedon, here shown in a copy of an original Greek sculpture of the 4th century bc, was said to have lost an eye in battle.
Jan 18, 2012 · In the following passage, Diodorus describes the reign of King Philip II of Macedon (382-336 BCE) with a focus on the role `fortune' or `fate' played in the king's successes. In ancient Greece, the Three Fates (Clotho, Lacheses and Atropos) who spun, measured and cut the thread of a human life were considered an implacable force (it is written ...
Apr 6, 2024 · Philip II of Macedon (Greek: Φίλιππος Philippos; 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 .
