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King Philip helped Macedonia become powerful and united Greece under Macedonian hegemony.
Alexander the great of King Philip 2 of Macedonia. In Classical Greece.
336 b.C.
Philip II of Macedonia was a Greek king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia in northern Greece and the father of Alexander the Great.
The king of Macedonia in 356 BC was Filippos B known as Philip II. Philip II was a Greek King of the Argead Dynasty from Argos in the Peloponnese that founded Macedonia.
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Alexander the Great, his son.
Philip II of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. Philip united Greece (Hellas), under Macedonian Hegemony and together they conquered Persia.Quote: It is difficult to imagine that Philip II's policy toward Greece was an end in itself. Once his Balkan borders had been secured his general course seems to have been directed toward the establishment of stability in Greece, NOT CONQUEST.~ E.N.Borza, "On the Shadows of Olympus" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990) page 230
Alexander the Great, however he did not further the dominance of Greece, he took control of the Greek city-states under his Macedonian rulership.
The first person from Macedonia to conquer Greece was Philip II, who was the father of Alexander the Great. He reigned as king of Macedonia from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. Philip II is known for his military strategies and reforms that laid the foundation for the conquests later carried out by his son, Alexander.
Alexander was king of Macedonia (not Greece) and he conquered the Persian Empire in order to become king of it. The empire stretched from Greece to Egypt and today's Pakistan.
Philip was crowned king of Macedonia when he was 20.