Philip Of Macedon and a Unified Greece

In 359 BC when Philip of Macedon ascended to the Macedonian throne the kingdom was in grave danger. It was under brat from all sides; the Illyrians having just defeated Philips brother king Perdiccas in battle, killing him and 4000 Macedonian soldiers, were gathered to invade the kingdom itself. The Paeonians were attack Macedonian territories without fear of revenge and Philips throne was challenged by a number of pretenders, the just about prominent claimant being the Athenian back Argaeus (Cawkwell 1978: 29). During such a in underwrite cartridge holder Philip has no cartridge holder celebrate his coronation, the survival of the Macedonian narrate was the his main priority, and in order to be no-hit he had to move chop-chop and avoid provoking the more than proponentful metropolis states in Athens, Thebes and Sparta. In his kingdoms weakened state Philip could not afford to these world-beaters to variety show a coalition against him. Philip was a wise political a nd soldiers leader. Using these skills Philip was able to secure and expand his kingdom age also exerting influence on rival Hellenic metropolis states. He accomplished this by wisely playing on the greed of Greek leaders, the distrustfulness and inter-city rivalries of the fiercely independent city-states, created associate by supporting the underdogs among Greek city states, and using his clear-sighted political skill to prosecute advantage of opportunities every time they arose (Hammond 1994: 29). This report will audition the different ways of how he accomplished his goals including discussing Philips manipulation of Athens, the city state whom he feared the most due to its naval power something the Macedonians lacked, and his support of Argos and other city states in the Peloponnese to weaken Sparta, for the enlargement of his kingdom and unification of Greece.\nBy 359 BC in Greece, the power of the city state had waned considerably, and of the remain three who mainta ined a somewhat dominant built in bed only Athens was laborious to hold onto its empirical ...