Philip II of Macedon planned an invasion to conquer Persia but was murdered shortly before the invasion began.
He failed to go past Persia and conquer more land
Phillip the second did. he did it in order to conquer Persia. he wanted to prove that his army was strong enough to conquer Persia and maybe even beat Greece's army.
He wanted to use the Greeks to augment his military power to take over the Persian Empire.
The city of Troy was in Anatolia. The Greeks wanted to control the Persian Royal Road which was a 1,500 mile trade route into Persia.
There is a book called the Warriors Code it is very informativethe cities on the east coast of the Aegean sea shared a culture with Greece and Persia, but with one major difference the Persians demanded tribune and taxed all they conquer the Greeks were forced to pay to what they saw as a tyrannical Persian, King Cyrusthe Great, Cyrusneeded to maintain his cities and pay for the soldiers, he needed to conquer and to add his Empire to demonstrate his greatness, but the Greeks wanted the same democratic freedom enjoyed by the Athenians.
HellasPersia never conquered the whole of Greece and the bits that medized (submitted to Persia) were quickly intimidated back away by the major powers of Athens and Sparta. Persia kept trying to conquer Greece because, simply, it was described to Darius and Xerxes as the most beautiful place in the world, and they wanted it.
His reasons were possibly: 1. He wanted to expand his empire. 2. He loved being a military leader. or 3. He wanted to conquer Persia so he had no more trouble from them. Your welcome! Wiki Contributor
Adolf Hitler wanted to conquer the world. Also Ghengis Kahn and his successors.
Persia went to war with Greece (Athens and Sparta) as Persia wanted their land and Athens, Sparta and some other greek states said "No, you can not own our land." Or A Catalyst for the first war against the Persians was the Ionian Revolt. The Persians and the Greeks shared a border along the land known as Ionia in Asia Minor. The Greeks revolted and burned a village. Thus leading to a Persian counter-attack and war.
Alexander was a brilliant soldier who conquered lands as far away as Egypt. He wanted to conquer the vast kingdom of Persia to avenge the attack on Greece.
The Romans decided to conquer all of Italy because they wanted to expand their empire.