Philip II of Macedonia

by: Worthington, I.

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 Alexander the Great is probably most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often, but what of his father, Philip II, who united Macedonia, created the best army in the world at the time, and conquered and annexed Greece? This biography is the first to bring Philip to life, exploring the details of his life and legacy.

Preamble: 'The greatest of the kings in Europe'?
Philip's Macedonia
Philip's youth and accession
The new army and the unification of Macedonia
The war over Amphipolis
Apollo's saviour: Philip and the sacred war
The fall of Olynthus
Apollo rescued, and the peace of Philocrates
The hostile aftermath
Thrace: the die is cast
Chaeronea and the end of Greek liberty
From master of Greece to conqueror of Persia?
Assassination
After Philip
Philip in retrospect: king, man and God?
Philip and Alexander: like father, like son?

Subjects:
Biographies
Biography
Europe Macedonia
Filip II, kung av Makedonien, 382-336 f.Kr
Greece
Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C
Greece Kings and rulers Biography
Grekland historia 300-talet f. Kr
Grèce Histoire 359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine)
History
Kings and rulers
Kungar Makedonien (antiken) 300-talet f. Kr. biografi
Macedonia History To 168 B.C
Macedonia Kings and rulers Biography
Macédoine Histoire Jusqu'à 168 av. J.-C
Makedonien (antiken) historia 300-talet f. Kr
Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C
Philipp Makedonien, König, II
To 168 B.C

xx, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Philip II of Macedonia

by: Worthington, I.

• ISBN-13: 9780300120790 / 978-0-300-12079-0
• ISBN-03: 0300120796 / 0-300-12079-6
• Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008

Price: 43,00 EURO

1 copy in stock