How did Philip of Macedonia unite Greece?

Answer 1

Philip II united Greece under Macedonian Hegemony.
Philip II, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia located in the northern Greek peninsula, united the Greek city-states under his hegemony so that he could lead a campaign to conquer Persia. Whenever a Greek state became supreme, that supremacy entailed the depression of some states and the dependency or subjection of others. As the eminent historian, J.B. Bury writes, "Athens was reduced to a secondary place by Macedon, and Thebes fared still worse; 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". After Philip II's assassination, his famous son Alexander the great would go on to conquer the Persian empire all the way to India.

Answer 2

He captured the peripheral states, defeated main opponents of Athens and Thebes, got control of the cultural Amphictyonic Council through proxy votes of minor cities, left Sparta alone, avoided trying to set himself up as king, instead calling himself Hegemon (leader), and mobilised them for his ultimate project of conquering the Persian Empire.

Answer 3

Principally be bribery and threats. Those who resisted were conquered.

He famously said that he could take any city that had a path leading to it up which he could drive a donkey laden with gold.

Answer 4

By bribery, conquest, and harsh reprisals against dissenters.

Answer 5

Some by bribery, some by conquest. His son Alexander sold the population of Thebes into slavery as a warning to the others against revolutionary activity.