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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.
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