Why did Philip 2 of Macedonia take in interest in conquering Greece?

Answer 1

Philip never took an interest in conquering Greece. He united Greece under Macedonian Hegemony in order to attack Persia and free the Greek states in Asia Minor that the Persians were harassing.

• As the hegemony or first place among Greek states had passed successively from Athens to Sparta, and to Thebes, so now it passed to Macedon. The statement that Greek liberty perished on the plain of Chaeronea is as true or as false as that it perished on the field of Leuctra or the strand of the Goat's River. Whenever a Greek state became supreme, that supremacy entailed the depression of some states and the dependency or subjection of others. Athens was reduced to a secondary place by Macedon, and Thebes fared still worse; but we must not forget what Sparta, in the day of her triumph, did to Athens, or the more evil things which Thebes proposed.

Answer 2

He wanted to secure the place of Macedonia as dominant among the Greek states, to establish peace in the Greek world, and divert Greek energy to support his upcoming invasion of the Persian Empire, without Greek uprisings threatening his home base in his absence.

Answer 3

King Phillip II wanted to conquer Greece because if he had all of Greece he could invade Persia, the biggest empire in the world at the time. He also was

building a kingdom for his son and heir Alexander the great.

Answer 4

Philip was not a Greek king - he was Macedonian.

Having conquered his northern neighbours, he needed to stabilise and gain control of Greece and its manpower to progress his ultimate aim of conquering the Persian Empire.

Answer 5

King Philip 2 wanted to stabilize the rest of Greece and unite it under Macedonian hegemony for them to go and conquer their age old foe, Persia who was harassing Greek cities in Asia Minor.

Answer 6

It gave him control of the military capacity to add to his Macadonian forces, and invade Persia, and also security at home in his planned campaign to take over the Persian Empire.