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Philip II of Macedon [2] (Ancient Greek: Φίλιππος, romanized: Phílippos; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC. [3]
Meda of Odessos (Ancient Greek: Μήδα, romanized: Mḗda), died 336 BC, was a Thracian princess, daughter [1] of the king Cothelas [2] a Getae, [3] and wife of king Philip II of Macedon. Philip married her after Olympias. According to N. G. L. Hammond, when Philip died, Meda committed suicide so that she would follow Philip to Hades.
Tomb I: Philip II (Alexander the Great's father) Tomb II: Philip III of Macedon (Alexander the Great's half-brother) Tomb III: Alexander IV of Macedon (Alexander the Great's son) Tomb I also contained the remains of a woman and a baby, who Antonis Bartsiokas identified as Philip II's young wife Cleopatra Eurydice and their newborn child ...
Little is known about Thessalonike's early life. Philip II did not arrange Thessalonike's marriage, as he did for her sisters, likely due to her youth at the time of his death. [4] Thessalonike appears to have been brought up by her stepmother Olympias, though little is recorded about her youth. Thessalonike was, by far, the youngest child in ...
Articles related to Philip II of Macedon (382 BC-336 BCE, reigned 359–336 BCE) and his reign. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The Kingdom of Macedonia (in dark orange) in c. 336 BC, at the end of the reign of Philip II of Macedon; other territories include Macedonian dependent states (light orange), the Molossians of Epirus (light red), Thessaly (desert sand color), the allied League of Corinth (yellow), neutral states of Sparta and Crete, and the western territories of the Achaemenid Empire in Anatolia (violet purple).
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were the longest-married couple in the history of the British royal family before his April 2021 death, with many children, grandchildren and great ...
The Macedonian phalanx (Greek: Μακεδονική φάλαγξ) was an infantry formation developed by Philip II from the classical Greek phalanx, of which the main innovation was the use of the sarissa, a 6-metre pike. It was famously commanded by Philip's son Alexander the Great during his conquest of the Achaemenid Empire between 334 and ...