Philip Of Macedon and a Unified Greece

In 359 BC when Philip of Macedon ascended to the Macedonian throne the ground was in grave danger. It was chthonic threat from all sides; the Illyrians having clean defeated Philips br separate great power Perdiccas in battle, killing him and 4000 Macedonian soldiers, were poised to invade the realm itself. The Paeonians were raiding Macedonian territories without revere of retribution and Philips throne was challenged by a number of pretenders, the some prominent claimant being the Athenian backed Argaeus (Cawkwell 1978: 29). During such a perilous time Philip has no time celebrate his coronation, the excerpt of the Macedonian evoke was the his important priority, and in order to be successful he had to course quickly and avoid kindle the more powerful metropolis states in capital of Greece, Thebes and Sparta. In his kingdoms corrupted state Philip could not return to these powers to form a fusion against him. Philip was a wise political and military leader. Using th ese acquisitions Philip was adequate to(p) to secure and expand his kingdom while also exerting govern on rival classical city states. He well-mannered this by wisely acting on the greed of Hellenic leaders, the suspicion and inter-city rivalries of the fiercely strong-minded city-states, created allies by financial backing the underdogs among Greek city states, and using his astute political skill to take advantage of opportunities all(prenominal) time they arose (Hammond 1994: 29). This report forget examine 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 ocean power something the Macedonians lacked, and his support of Argos and other city states in the Peloponnese to get out Sparta, for the expansion of his kingdom and conjunction of Greece.\nBy 359 BC in Greece, the power of the city state had waned considerably, and of the remaining three who kept up(p) a somewhat preponderating position only Athens was trying to hold onto its verifiable ...