Philip of spain ii facts Videos

"They (ancient Macedonians) felt as *Greeks*, and they had no temptation to destroy what they claimed was their *mother country*. They had clearly no wish to swallow up Greece in Macedonia, but rather to make *Macedonia, as a Greek state, the ruling power of Greece*. Such was undoubtedly the aim of Philip and Alexander too." (Theodore Ayrault Dodge, military historian, “Alexander”, p.187) "Philip II of Macedon was anxious *to pacify and unify Greeks* at any cost." (Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece, Routledge, 2006) "Philip II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great, *unifier of Greece*, author of Greece’s first federal constitution, founder of the first territorial state with a centralized administrative structure in Europe, forger of the first Western national army, the first great general of the Greek imperial age." (Richard A. Gabriel, U.S. Historian, “Great Captains of Antiquity”, p. 84) "His [Philip's] course seems to have been directed towards the establishment of stability in Greece, *not conquest.*" (Eugene Borza, “Shadows of Olympus”, p.230) “In the end, the Greeks would fall under the rule of a single man, *who would unify Greece: Philip II, king of Macedon* (360-336 BC). His son, Alexander the Great, *would lead the Greeks* on a conquest of the ancient Near East vastly expanding *the Greek world.*” (Michael Burger, “The Shaping of Western Civilization: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment”, University of Toronto Press, 2008, p.76) “To a certain extent the Macedonian monarchy had already been *a unifying element in Greek history*, even before the conquests of Alexander.” (Michael Crawford, Fergus Millar, Emilio Gabba, "Sources for Ancient History", p. 12, Cambridge University Press) “After Philip's assassination at Aegae in 336, Alexander inherited, together with the Macedonian kingdom, his father's *Panhellenic* project to lead the *Greeks* in the conquest of Persia.” (Waldemar Heckel, Lawrence A. Tritle, “Alexander the Great: A New History”, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, p.99 ) “Afterwards he [Alexander] revived his father's League of Corinth, and with it his plan for *a pan-Hellenic* invasion of Asia to punish the Persians for the suffering *of the Greeks*, especially the Athenians, in the Greco-Persian Wars and to liberate the *Greek* cities of Asia Minor.” (Victor Davis Hanson, “Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome”, Princeton University Press, 2012, p.119)

In my opinion, the most historically significant state of all ancient Greek states was Macedonia. Philip made sure his state would prosper and of course Alexander enhanced his father's wish. greetings from the Netherlands, Greece! I'll visit your country next summer!

You forgot to put he's homophobic and racist.

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He can't lick his elbow...can anyone though?

You forgot the part where he's a : - homophobic - narcissistic - Most people only like him for his looks - He says he loves his fans but he doesn't. You don't love someone you don't even know exists. Waiting for Nash Grier fans to reply in hate now. 

I thought he only had 3 siblings

I was just thinking that wow we would be great together. Up until no. 31. Guess Cameron's the only one for me with 136 kids

are you kidding me i am 13 and my shoe size is 40 

Do you think he'd ever date a blonde 

Omg we have 12 things in common