Philip II & Rise of Macedon

Demosthenes

(384-322 BC) Athenian that wrote various orations including Philippics, Olynthiacs, and On the Peace, providing information about fourth century Athens and the growth of Macedonian power, Athenian orator who tried to warn the Greeks of the threat Philip and his army posed

Third Sacred War

355-346. This is the war that brought Philip of Macedon into central greece. Ended with the Peace of Philocrates, What war began when Phocis seized the Delphic treasury in order to fund an army?

Aristotle

A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato, 384-322 BC

Battle of Chaeronea

Battle near Thebes in 338 BCE where the Macedonians defeated the Greeks from the various Greek city-states and made them join an alliance against Persia. Philip II

Companion Cavalry

Best unit of Macedonian Army. Provided mounted flank support and attacking power for a Macedonian Army., What branch of the army does Philotas lead?, Philip's advisors generals and body guards. A macedonian sacred band, the best of alexanders army/cavalry

Amphictyonic Council

Council of Delphi, thebes exploited this council to arrange to have Phocis severely fined in 357 for cultivating land sacred to apollo

Alexander III of Macedon

Ruler of Greece in the fourth century B.C. As a general, he conquered most of the ancient world, extending the civilization of Greece east to India. he is said to have wept because there were no worlds left to conquer. In his youth, the philosopher Aristotle was his tutor. Later was known as ... the Great

League of Corinth

a league started by King Philip to unite all greek city-states, 338-337: Common Peace: no Greek city or state should make war upon another; freedom and autonomy guarantee

Philip II of Macedon

conquered Greece after they were weakened by the Peloponnesian Wars, Ruled from 359-336 BC, Held hostage in Thebes (city in Greece); received a military and diplomatic education. Then after his elder brothers King Alexander II and Perdiccas death, he gained the throne and ruled Macedon from 359 to 336 BCE; founder of centralized kingdom; later conquered rest of Greece which was subjected to Macedonian authority; father of Alexander the Great, recruited and organized the best-disciplined army in Macedonian history; organized his infantry into phalanxes; his goal was to restore order in Macedon.

sarissa

long spears which could be used from farther away but took two hands to hold, used by Phillip II

philotimia

love of honor, desire for recognition as victor