Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon (Greek: Φίλιππος Β΄ ὁ Μακεδών; 382–336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the kingdom of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC. He was a member of the Argead dynasty of Macedonian kings, the third son of King Amyntas III of Macedon, and father of Alexander the Great and Philip III. The rise of Macedon, its conquest and political consolidation of most of Classical Greece during the reign of Philip II was achieved in part by his reformation of the Ancient Macedonian army, establishing the Macedonian phalanx that proved critical in securing victories on the battlefield. After defeating the Greek city-states of Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC, Philip II led the effort to establish a federation of Greek states known as the League of Corinth, with him as the elected hegemon and commander-in-chief of Greece for a planned invasion of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip II of Macedon has received more than 2,265,890 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Philip II of Macedon is the 95th most popular politician (down from 87th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Greece (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Politician.

Philip II of Macedon is most famous for his military conquests, which included the conquest of Greece and the Persian Empire. He was also the father of Alexander the Great.