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Apr 3, 2014 · The son of Macedonia's King Amyntas III and his wife, Eurydice, Philip II was born in either 383 or 382 B.C. After his brother, Alexander II, took the throne, Philip spent three years, from 368 to ...
Oct 19, 2023 · Philip II of Macedon was born in 382 B.C.E. in Aegae. He was the son of King Amyntas III. He was the 18th king of Macedonia and ruled from 359 to 336 B.C.E. Macedon was unstable during Philip II’s youth. During an invasion by the Greek city-state of Thebes, Philip himself was even taken hostage. He remained in Thebes for three years and ...
Jan 20, 2024 · In his day, Philip II was arguably the most significant player in the politics of the Eastern Mediterranean. He was a wise innovator, a masterful tactician, and a shrewd diplomat, who carried Macedon from the periphery to the apex of Mediterranean power politics. However, his life is usually overshadowed by that of his son, Alexander the Great.
Feb 28, 2022 · Philip II of Macedon (359-336 BCE) envisaged a broad Macedonian kingdom and his colonial expansion resulted in the forging of an empire that his son Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE) would use as a springboard for even greater things. Philip's strategic and economically valuable colonies and garrisons in Thessaly and Thrace included such ...
Mar 14, 2022 · Philip II of Macedon’s reign witnessed a number of infrastructure spring up in the capital city, Pella. He used a lot of incentives to lure some of the best thinkers, poets, artists, and most importantly philosophers to Pella. One of such philosophers was the famous Greek polymath Aristotle, who ended up tutoring Philip’s young son Alexander.
Philip II, or Philip of Macedon, (born 382—died 336 bc, Asia Minor), Eighteenth king of Macedonia (359–336), father of Alexander the Great.Appointed regent for his nephew, he seized the throne. He initially promoted peace with his neighbours, using the time gained thereby to build his forces and introducing innovations in arms, tactics, and training and stabilizing his western frontier.
Olympias (born c. 375 bc —died 316) was the wife of Philip II of Macedonia and mother of Alexander the Great. She had a passionate and imperious nature, and she played important roles in the power struggles that followed the deaths of both rulers. The daughter of Neoptolemus, king of Epirus, Olympias apparently was originally named Myrtale.
