Philip 2 (B) the Macedon 382-336 B.C. Greek King of Macedonia
		Alexander's father. Born in Pella.  He was King of Macedonia, Greece. Philip  became  Greek King  of the  Macedonian throne  at the age  of 23. He changed the history of Ancient Greece.  Philip  was the first Greek who dreamed  a united Pan-Greek state.He wanted to unite all the independent Greek city states  in  one Greek state consisted only by Greeks. Macedonians were Greek people. The monarchy in Macedonia  was different from Athens which was democratic. The Macedonian language was Greek dialect and the Macedonians were speaking Greek as mother tongue.   Philip  tried to protect his northern borders and make the situation stable in the  interior of his Greek kingdom. He organized the Macedonian Army  and he created the Macedonian Phalanx. He  had as model the  Theban army "Hieros Lohos" (holy company). The first move of King Philip was to make his  Greek kingdom  stronger  than  the  Athenian city  state  because he wanted to be the leader of the Greeks instead of Athens.He was in  war with  Athenians and this war  was called  3rd  "Hieros Polemos" (3rd Holy War). This war ended In 349 B.C. and the  peace was called  Amfictyonian  Peace. After this peace Philip  continued his plans to become leader of Greece.In the Battle of Chaeronia Philip was victorious. After his victory  he united all the Greeks together  (the Macedonians were Greeks). After the Greek unification in one state, all the Greeks (exept Lacedemonians  from Sparta) decided to start a war against Persians  with leader   King Philip. The preparations for this war started immediately and  in the Spring of year 336 B.C. Philip  sent 10000 soldiers under command of General Parmenion   to the area of Hellespont. However Philip was murdered  by Pausanias in  the city Aiges. During the celebration for the marriage of his daughter Cleopatra, Philip was walking alone  without guards  and  the guard Pausanias attacked him from behind killed him. The tomb of Philip was found in Greek city Vergina  by the archaeologist Manolis Andronikos.
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