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Genre/Form: | Biographies History Biography biografi |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Worthington, Ian. Philip II of Macedonia. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)646910151 |
Named Person: | Philip, King of Macedonia; Filip, kung av Makedonien; Philip, King of Macedonia; Philipp, Makedonien König II. |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian Worthington |
ISBN: | 9780300120790 0300120796 9780300164763 0300164769 |
OCLC Number: | 202549107 |
Description: | xx, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents: | 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? |
Responsibility: | Ian Worthington. |
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Abstract:
Alexander the Great is probably the most famous ruler of antiquity. 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 brings to light Philip's political, economic, military, social, and cultural accomplishments.
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"This is an important book on a remarkably successful king."--;i>The Historian"--Peter Hunt "The Historian " "A detailed narrative of the political and military history of Phillip's region. . . . Overall the strengths are: the author's impressive range, his knowledge of the scholarship on Phillip, and his lively prose. . . . This is an important book on a remarkably successful king." Peter Hunt, The Historian--Peter Hunt "The Historian "" Read more...
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- Philip -- II, -- King of Macedonia, -- 382 B.C.-336 B.C.
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