Why did ancient Macedonia conquer the rest of Greece?

Answer 1

It's ambitious king Philip II, by a mixture of conquest, bribery and political deals, established dominance of the Greek world. After his assassination, his son Alexander took over his father's project of conquering the Persian Empire.

Answer 2

Macedonia, as a Greek state city which it was, it was trying to establish its economic power at the ancient known world. Because of this they should occupy and control all the big states of this region, and that what they did.

King Phillip, Alexander the great's father, was a Macedonian. He was a great military leader and was able to bring all of Macedonia under his control. After consolidating power in Macedonia, he went on to unite all the Greek city-states under his hegemony (leadership not rule). Phillip had the dream of not only uniting all of Greece but also conquering the great Persian empire which controlled most of the rest of the known world. Unfortunately, during his daughter's wedding celebration, he was assassinated. His son Alexander, who was only 20, inherited the crown.

The Greek city-states tried to revolt against him, but Alexander quickly showed that he was a match for any of them. After reestablishing Greece into one power under his leadership he went on to conquer the Persian empire.

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 with the Corinthian League that was forged from this battle, to conquer the Persian empire all the way to India.

Alexander continued to campaign until he died at age 32. No one really knows what killed him or where he is buried. His generals divided his great empire among themselves.
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• Because he Had MORE people than the Greece people and he had better shields.
• Another thing is he was a strong mad so he was able to conquer any thing and anyone.

Answer 3

Answer:

The Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta left the two greatest city-states of the time in ruins. This fact let other Greek city-states and Kingdoms gain power, such as Thebes, Macedon and Hepyrus. Out of the three, the Kingdom of Macedonia proved to be the most successful one, largely due to the innovative military tactics used by Phillip the Second (Alexander the Great's father).

Phillip had an ambitious plan: Close to 150 years ago the Persian Empire waged war against the Greek city states. Even though the Greeks prevailed through a series of battles (Marathon, Thermopulae, Artemisio, Salamina, Plataies and Mycali) Phillip's plan was to take the war to Persia. The problem was that none of the other Greek Kingdoms would recognise Phillip as their ruler, so the latter had to use other means of persuasion: Warfare. This way he managed the unimaginable at the time - up to that point in history, Greece (Hellas in the native tongue) was made up of city-states and small Kingdoms which often quarelled against each other, allying only in times of great peril.

Phillip managed to unite the Greek city-states (apart from Sparta) by means of warfare or political alliances.

His plan to conquer Asia was carried out by his son Alexander; Phillip was assassinated short before embarking on his campaign.

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Answer 4

Macedonia never conquered Greece. Philip II, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia 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.

Both sides of the battle of Chaeronea which resulted in the formation of the Pan-Hellenic league of Corinth were all Greeks.

The opposing sides in Chaeronea were: Side A' Macedonia,Thessaly, Epirus, Aetolia, Northern Phocis, Epicnemidian Locrians* Side B' Athens, Beotian League (Thebes, etc), Euboean League, Achaean League, Corinth, Megara, Corcyra, Acarnania, Ambracia, Southern Phocis. Neutral sides Sparta, Argos, Arcadia, Messene. The three last had alliances both with Athens and Philip but their pro-Macedonian activity of 344/3 BEC showed they were leaning towards Philip. However they didn't sent aid to Chaeronea in Philip's side because of the blocking in Isthmus by Corinth and Megara. Sparta had withdrawn almost entirely from Greek affairs in 344 BCE. [*] Elis had an alliance with Philip though they didn't take part in Chaeronea but showed their pro-macedonian feelings by joining their forces with Philip in the invasion of Laconia in the autumn of 338 BCE.

Answer 5

Macedonia took over the hegemony of Greece. The other states of Greece had been weakened by the Peloponnesian wars. Philip II, however, began consolidating his power and strengthening his military. He did this by developing a professional army, through subversive means and also by force. The historian J. B. Bury explains:

• 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 6

Philip II conquered the Athenians and their allies to claim the hegemony of Greece from Athens and lead a united Greek army against Persia who was harassing Greek States in Asia Minor.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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