Philip II of Macedon

Philip II was an ancient king of Macedonia. He ruled from 359 BC to 336 BC. He was the father of the emperor Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BC. Philip united all of Ancient Greece. He would either bring a city-state into his hegemony with his military or he would talk/bribe the leaders into joining his empire. It was under his reign in 338 BC at Chaeronea against Athens that Alexander first showed his military genius. Philip was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, at the celebration of the wedding of his daughter. Alexander soon carried out Philip's plan to attack the Persian Empire.

Philip II Of Macedon Media

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  Coin of the western Odrysian king Cetriporis, who was subjugated by Philip in the late 350s

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  Map of the territory of Philip II of Macedon

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  Silver tetradrachm dated to the reign of Philip II. Obv.: laureate head of Zeus facing right; rev.: a youth on horseback advancing right. The legend along the top reads ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Philip).

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  Statue of Philip II, 350–400 AD. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier.

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  Roman medallion of Olympias, the fourth wife of Philip II and mother of Alexander the Great. From the Museum of Thessaloniki.

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  Depiction of Philip's assassination by Pausanias in The Story of the Greatest Nations (c. 1900)

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  Philip commissioned the construction of the Philippeion at Olympia to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Chaeronea.

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  Niketerion (victory medallion) bearing the effigy of king Philip II of Macedon, 3rd century AD, probably minted during the reign of Roman Emperor Alexander Severus

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  grobowiec Filipa II Macedońskiego

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  The tomb of Philip II of Macedon at the Museum of the Royal Tombs in Vergina