Table of Contents

Preface Map of Ancient Greece Map of the Peloponnesus Map of Asia Minor Map of Ancient Macedonia Abbreviations Chronology Philip the Great: An Introduction 1. Macedonia Before Philip 2. Philip and the New Model Army 3. Philip and the Creation of the Macedonian Nation 4. Philip and the Safeguarding of Macedonia 5. The Creation of Macedonian Hegemony in the Wider World Appendix 1. Philip’s Ambitions Appendix 2: Philip a God? Appendix 3: The Death of a King Notes Bibliography Index

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A thematic study of the king without whom Alexander would never have become known as the Great.

About the Author

Edward M. Anson is Professor of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA. He is the author or editor of five books, including Eumenes of Cardia: A Greek among Macedonians (2004) and Alexander the Great: Themes and Issues (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013).

Reviews

This book validates Edward Anson’s place among the leading historians of ancient Macedonia. Like his Alexander the Great: Themes and Studies (London 2013), it is not a biography, but an examination of major aspects of Philip’s II reign. Overall, Anson agrees with Theopompus’ famous assessment that ‘Europe had never produced such a man as Philip’ (preserved in Polybius 8.9.1), but utterly rejects Theopompus’ subsequent character assassination of the king. He provides a faithful presentation of the evidence and its major modern interpretations, including their merits and weaknesses.
*The Journal of Hellenic Studies*

Meticulously researched and argued, with copious references to and discussions of primary and secondary sources ... For interested students of both Philip and Alexander ... this volume (with four maps, a chronology—which includes a useful discussion of the problems of accurate dating—notes and a comprehensive bibliography) is undoubtedly an important addition to the shelves.
*Classics for All*