2020年3月12日 · If Philip II had not been assassinated in 336BCE, then he would have met up with the advance force he had dispatched to Asia Minor a few months before by the end of …

2018年9月18日 · Philip would have succeeded conquering Asia, but probably would not have done that much better than Alexander. Both were good enough, but had an impressive force …

2013年5月5日 · To further the points made above (excellently might I add), that Philip also had the advantage of the manner of political governance over many of the Greek city-states. As a …

2019年6月18日 · Macedon may have been a backwater when Philip came to power about 360/59 BC, but it had grown immensely in power since then. After pacifying the Triballi and Illyrians …

2020年12月4日 · Philip used his coinage to show the Macedonians his accomplishment – realizing the aspirations of his forefathers in bringing Macedon to the forefront of the Hellenic …

2015年8月9日 · After invading Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, Philip II of Macedon sent a message to Sparta: "If I invade Laconia you will be destroyed, never to …

2023年12月16日 · Since Diodoros says that Pausanias stabbed Philip in the ribs, we should not imagine the slashing weapon here, but some kind of general-purpose knife. Perhaps the Celtic …

2024年6月7日 · Weirdly enough, I think if Philip invaded Persia he would have gotten bogged down by things like logistics. Part of the thing that made Alexander Alexander was the fact that …

2015年1月25日 · With Philip being alive, this timeline would progress with his planned invasion of the Achaemenid Empire. The invasion itself was already well underway with advance forces …

2018年6月24日 · At the time of Philip II? Macedon, easily. There’s a reason why Philip didn’t bother going to war with them. It wasn’t worth spending the effort to take over Sparta, when …