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Building Escorial, a famous Spanish monastery/palace. He also managed to gain control of (and convert to Catholicism) ten southern provinces of the Netherlands for a while at ridiculous cost. Most of the other things he's famous for-- banishing Spanish Jews, rampant inflation, that whole Spanish armada thing-- weren't so nice.
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∙ 7y agoPhilip was a master of diplomacy, alliances and military strength. He unified the Greek city-states who were often at war with each other using the traditional rivalries to divide and conquer.
He was also a great military leader with incredible foresight. He perfected the effectiveness of the Macedonian military system by professionalising his army, combining the cavalry and light infantry with a superior innovative phalanx and pike.
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∙ 15y ago* He strengthened the monarchy after a series of weak leaders.
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∙ 16y agoDo you mean Phillip II of Spain? Created the Spanish Armada-not that was necessarily an achievement.
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∙ 14y agoHe made Spain the foremost power in Europe
He turned in Inquisition against Protestants
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∙ 10y agoKing of spain
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Did Philip II of Macedonia go to school?
Schools as we know them did not exist then. He had a tutor at home.
Did Philip II of Macedonia conquer the Persian Empire?
King Philip II of Macedon prepared an invasion but was assinated before he left. It was continued by his son King Alexander.
Did King Philip II of Macedonia take over Greece army?
No, each of the independent Greek city-states had its own army. He recruited the numbers he needed from them.
What are the reasons Alexander built an empire?
He had immense vanity and ambition, like his father Philip II of Macedonia. After Philip was assassinated on the eve of his departure for Asia to take on the Persian Empire, Alexander took over and carried out his father's project successfully.
What did King Philip of ancient Greece do?
King Philip II ruled Macedonia from 359 to 336 BC. He was born in Pella, the capital of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, as the youngest son of king Amyntas III. After his fathers death, Macedonia slowly disintegrated as his elder brothers and future kings Alexander II and Perdiccas III, unsuccessfully fought against the continuous attacks of the neighboring Thracians, Illyrians, and Greeks. The Thracians were already in possession of eastern Macedonia, the strongest Greek military power of Thebes continuously intervened in the internal Macedonian politics, the Greeks colonies on the edge of Macedonia, particularly Olynthus, were obstacle to Macedonia's economy and presented a military danger, and the invasions of the Illyrians put north-western Macedonia under their occupation.
What was Philip II of ancient Macedonia?
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.
Who created a phalanx?
Philip II of Macedonia
Was Philip 2 the king of Macedonia?
yes. Philip II was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, on the northern Greek peninsula.
When was Philip 2 of Macedonia born?
Philip II was born in 382 B.C. In Pella, the capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia.
What is Alexander's dad's name?
King Philip II of Macedonia.
Who did Alexander the Great claim his father was?
Philip II of Macedonia.
What is Alexander's dad's name?
King Philip II of Macedonia.
When did King Philip of Macedonia die?
KIng Philip II king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, died in the year 336 B.C.E.
What was Alexander the Greats father?
king phillip the II
When King Philip II of Macedonia conquered Greece?
because he was rood
Which man united the Greek city states?
Philip II of Macedonia
What was Alexander's father name?
Boston Crummell
