Whats most impressive about Phillip is he's one of the very few warrior stateman who successfully implemented both soft and hard power to success over and over because he built up a network from the ground up, probably starting young and ramping up as his successes mounted. Even Persia was keenly aware of his rapid ascension but could never have guessed his generals would so quickly side with his son after his death.
When will the admits they lies??What is the meaning of AlekSanDer MacDon ?When did Greeks used even the name or title of Don???When did they even see horses not mention having a cavalry???
@@wankawanka3053 Sure think if you say so AlekSanDer MacDon had to be a Greek like Scythians and Báni,Le Bánis,AL Banis,The Bánis aka SPArthians and so called IsRælites. Please prove that Greek had ever cavalry of any kinds something that AlekSanDer MacDon had while Greeks haven’t hence according to Greek narrative people 🏃♂️ Run a Marathon because at the time Greeks simply had no horses 🐎 but where running around to deliver a message.
@@tobiasbourne9073 Én is a Hungarian word meaning I while Glish is a version of Galish which again you don't understand what it means hence you saying to me "Speak English" while not having a slightest idea what English as word means is equally stupid as those Greek-Jews Jewnanistani whom adopted various alphabets, stories, identities...that have absolutely nothing to do them nor does it have a meanging in they language but again would argue that Alek Son Deer is somehow Greek-Jewish name...
He is regarded a great King H, but he is left in the shade like all the rest because of his son, now l would love that myself for my son, but l dont think Phillip would think that way. Remember they learnt through reading & the most popular was Homer, Homers line for their name to be remembered was everything, a kind of immortality. Well guess what, we remember them both 👍
Thanks, glad you liked it! Yes, it would. I would love to do something on Philip, Olympias and Alexander's seemingly complex relationship. I just have to make sure that there are enough legitimate sources on the topic. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
Historia Civilis has a great series of vids about Philip and his military reforms. th-cam.com/video/QpDaXHRdE1I/w-d-xo.html That guy is up there with Cyrus in terms of quality, cleverly presented historical content about the ancient and modern world.
“Such was the end of Philip … He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes, while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.” (Diodoros of Sicily 16.95.1-2)
Macedon advanced neighbors but capable of learning from them and ultimately of conquering them. Though rich in resources and manpower, Macedon lacked the relatively efficient organization of the polis. Several dialects of Greek were spoken, some unintelligible to southern Greeks, who considered Macedonians "barbarians" (from the Greek barbaros, meaning "a person who does not speak Greek"). Ordinary Macedonians lived hardy lives, while the king and the royal court inhabited a sophisticated capital city, Pella, where they sponsored visits by leading Greek artists and writers. Philip II confounded Greek stereotypes of Macedonian barbarism by turning out to be a brilliant soldier and statesman. He was tough and seemingly unstoppable. Cengage Advantage Books: Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Volume II 7th Edition by Thomas F. X. Noble (Author), Barry Strauss (Author), Duane Osheim (Author), Kristen Neuschel (Author), Elinor Accampo (Author) p.91 This kind of strategic decision does not require that Macedonian should have been similar to the new "international" language. In summing up. Crossland says again that the evidence does not indicate convincingly that Macedonian was a dialect of Greek rather than a separate Indo-European language. Even Toynbee, who is persuaded in the opposite direction by the very flimsy evidence we have considered above emphasizes that the evidence is "fragmentary,... confused and self-contradictory."" In practi cal terms this suggests that modern Greeks may have to look elsewhere for convincing evidence that ancient Macedonians were Greek. Macedonia and Greece: The Struggle to Define a New Balkan Nation by John Shea (Author) p.35 It is possible that the ancient Macedonian language was closely related to Greek, but we have too little information to reach any conclusions. For a historical summary, see Price (1998: 211-224), Hoenigswald (1998) or Horrocks (1997). Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics 1st Edition by R.L. Trask (Editor) p.144
@@Nomadicenjoyer31 You sources are either outdated or plain propugunda (John Shea?! LOL), while none of them has actual expertise on ancient Macedonian history, so stop posting them all over the place, because all you achieve is to expose your ignaranse and huge kompleks lol. Now read what the vast majority of the actual experts have repeatedly stated and cry lol: "We know the Macedonians were fundamentally Greeks, that is to say they were Greek speakers and ethnically they were Greeks" [Donald Kagan, Sterling professor, Yale University]
@@Nomadicenjoyer31 "As members of the Greek race and speakers of the Greek language, the Macedonians shared the ability to initiate ideas and create political forms" N G L Hammond (1992), 'The Miracle that was Macedonia', p 206
Well done, sir! You covered all the important points. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall in the home of Epaminondas to see what Philipp learned at his feet.
Thank you! Me too, which makes me think that I should do a short video on Epaminondas one day. He's a really fascinating character. Thanks for watching!
it always upset me that the one who picked the fruit got the epithet "the Great", while the one who tilled the barren land, planted a seed, and took care of the tree till it can finally bear fruit is known as the 2nd king of Macedon with the name "Philip"
One must also recall that much of what Philip had accomplished was undone by his assasination. The transition appears to be smooth only because of Alexander. In actuality, it eas anything but.
Also, should be noted that a lot of people back then thought this same thing, that Alexander wouldn't have been remotely successful had his father not prepared everything. This could be wishful thinking, but Phillip is only underrated nowadays much like Epaminondas.
"AMONG ALL THE HELLENES you shall stand forth as a statesman who has worked for the good of HELLAS" [Isocrates, Speeches and Letters, “To Philip”, 5.139, 5.140]
@@malamatinas1 Of course, there is only one problem, it is a matter of belief, there are people who do not believe what is written by Anglo-Saxon colonialists and fake elitists. any one who has a little knowledge of general history knows that Philip was the most hated of those of us who named themselves Hellenes, and was called by them a barbarian, and other most derogatory names. 😷
Needless to mention that the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia was among the participants in the Olympic Games, together with all other Greek City States and Kingdoms of Greece during the Hellenistic era. Stretching from cities as far as Neapolis, Croton, Taranto, Syracuse in Southern Italy to Troy & Ionia in Asia Minor, Miletos, Ephesos Antiochia, the Pontus region in the Black Sea, Cyprus, Cyrene in Libya and Alexandria in Egypt.
I found this video very interesting, Cy! Hope you'll be interested in continuing this part of Greek history. I'd love to see your take on Alexander and whatnot...
Thanks! Actually the next one will be on Mycenaean Greece which will be out later this month. Plan to then go more or less chronologically through Greek history, cover the Peloponnesian war in detail (new series to replace the original podcast I started) and then eventually get into something epic with Alexander. If I can make it at least that far by the end of 2024, I'll be stoked! Afterward will cover Seleucid, Greco-Bactrian, Indo-Greek etc. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!
Its not Greek history, go back and brush-up on the real history, and historian Borza can guide you on the right path. Phillip was a Macedonian king. Unfortunately, Macedonia borders a countries that usurps foreign history. In Ancient times, the City States, there was no such a country called "Greece" presently "Greece" were under the yoke of Macedonia since 338 BC until the Romans came to the Balkans. If you ever travel to Italy, visit Rome, a guide can take you to see 3 pictures ( on an old Ancient wall, a Map paintings) that shows only Macedonia and Crete, but no such thing as "Greece". Greece as a country did not existed then, they were just City States, each City was a different State. Greece as a country exists since 1831, and their language sine 1856 the Dimotiki glossa. At this time, every living person had to learn that language in order to be able to communicate with others, because, people (Greece) had no national language, there were many different languages being spoken.
Perfect for a rainy headache day. I'll have to watch it again instead of just listening to the narration. Thankfully I don't need the maps quite as much as when we speak of Parsa.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it. Parsa huh? You're in for a treat. I will hopefully be traveling there later on this year and will definitely cover it on the channel! Thanks for watching!
There’s a great deal more that confirms Tomb II as the burial place of Philip II. There is a set of greaves that show the person had one leg shorter than the other. Philip had been wounded in his knee and walked with a limp. There are the remains of a ceremonial shield that had been decorated with ivory bust of Philip, Olympias and Alexander. Now, if they could just find Alexander’s tomb!
Yes, I read the leg and limp but not the shield....should have added it here but will do so in a future podcast. Oh, Alexander's tomb would be amazing! My guess is its somewhere under the streets (or now perhaps the waters) of Alexandria. Thanks for watching and more on Philip and Alexander planned for year, stay tuned!
@@celtofcanaanesurix2245 Nice thought, but Philip was cremated, his ashes doused with wine. The heat most likely destroyed any remaining DNA that was in the charred remains.
@@starcapture3040 Okay. Let’s see, the tomb contains a solid gold larnax with the royal star of Macedon on it. Inside was the remains of a gold embroidered, purple cloth. Wrapped inside the cloth were ashes and bone fragments. We have accounts of Philip’s funeral, stating that he was cremated and “buried among his ancestors in Vergine.” The shield and greaves were finely crafted. There is no doubt among scholars that this is a royal tomb. And because of the shield and greaves most all of the researching archeologists have concurred this is the tomb of Philip II. The only other contender for the male occupant is Philip III Arridaeus, one of Philip’s offshoots by a minor wife. But it’s considered that Arridaeus would’ve rated such a splendid tomb.
Thanks so much for this. I agree, Phillip is vastly underrated in his importance. Took a nation on the verge of extinction and, nearly from scratch, forged one of the most powerful nations in that part of the world. Not to take away from Alexanders accomplishments, but i always tell my students i think that, while alexander was an excellent general he couldnt hold a candle to his father in statecraft.
Really, well your students should find another history teacher because your using your lack of knowledge & bias instead of the history books. Alexander wasn't a great statesman? You are kidding yourself pal, How old was he again when he smashed Darius & who was his teacher . He did not need to conquer Egypt, they took him as a liberater, & he respected their customs, rituals & joined into them because he was a great statesman. He married Roxanne who was of royal blood of her people, he brought Persians throughout the empire into leadership roles on merit & tried to marry the cultures together. Seeing you tell your students your version of history you might as well call Phillip the great & Alexander the son, absolute dribble & l bet your students will be happy to know your such a genius to dismiss history 😂 Teach your students what is written, not what you think ironstein or for the kids sake, get another job. .
@@markrene6108 You wrote an entire paragraph showing your lack of reading comprehension, they clearly state "Not to take away from Alexanders accomplishments... Alexander was an excellent general" which shows that he was accomplished in the exact fields you were raving about, your entire rant about conquering Iran is literally Alexander being an excellent general. As for statecraft, Phillip is objectively better: you left out how Alexander's marriage of the Persian elites failed miserably, only 2 marriages weren't divorced in a year (Seleucus' and Hephaestion, who died early), and his empire fractured when he died while Macedon was governed by Antipater... Who was Phillip's "Old Guard". Alexander's own generals (especially Seleucus and Ptolemy) had a more stable regime than Alexander himself. Hell, the League of Corinth and the invasion of Iran were both Phillip's ideas first. He was an excellent general, but his statecraft is something that could've been greatly improved.
Alexander the Great was probably the best military commander but Phillip turned Macedonia from small kingdom to dominating Greece, he had his eyes on Persia too, so who knows what would have happened had he not been assassinated.
Haha you do love visiting tombs! Looking forward to your next Egypt video! Not a series though there will be a lot of stuff coming out in the future on ancient Greek history, Greco-Persian Wars, Alexander, Hellenistic kingdoms etc. I just wish I had more time to put these out faster!
Phillip's diplomatic savy can not be understated enough. When Phillip II died, he left in his wake, the greatest army of professional killers till Caesar's legions, which conquered half the known world, and made his son a god-king in the eyes of most of his contemporaries. When Alexander died, his immediate family was executed. His empire, ripped apart.
@17:50 - Of course, Sparta was rather pathetic and weak at this point (politically, economically and militarily) after Thebes had kicked their ass a few decades prior, as I recall, so that there was no reason for Philip II to make even the slightest effort to try and take them. They just weren't worth it. :)
True, that and a declining Spartiate population and few if any helots to work for them. Epaminondas really leveled their power to the ground. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
He had a strained relationship with daddy as well. Dad had the giants, a squad of tall men who were useless for anything but being tall. His dad thought he was a sissy as well and not up to being 👑 😂 Dad wasn't to bright was he. Frederick the Great, legendary ruler who was humane as a ruler & cared for his subjects in a time when only he ruled that way, humble & dressed as a Gardner to garden because he loved it, People were shocked later on when they found out the pleasant nice old man gardening was actually the Emperor Frederick. Napoleon said it best when he ordered his men to remove their hats & bow at Fredericks tomb & said, 'Gentlemen show your respects, for if he were alive today, we wouldn't be standing here', that statement still sends a great shiver up my spine, love it 👍
A land full of Greek names that make sense only in Greek, men who competed in the Olympic Games, proud and eager to be called Greek, a kingdom which made Greek civilisation known and dominant of almost all the then known world , how could this land and people be anything but Greek?
Alexander the Great was not just a conqueror. His purpose was to exchange values and knowledge, resulting in the prevalence of Greek civilization and the creation of the Hellenistic era. Scientific sequence in the campaign of Alexander the Great: Doctors: Drakon ,Glaukias , Kritodemos, Filippo the acarnanian ,and Ippoktates son of Ippocrate. Historians,Topographers: Aristovoulos kassandrephs , Kallisthenes nephew of Aristoteles. Painters, poets, musicians: Athenodoros from Thessaly ,Lykon ,Apelles ,Lysippos,Aristonikos. Fortune tellers , Prophets : Aristandros , Kleomenes from Sparta.
And Cy n-n-nocks it out the park again! Yeah thanks a bunch for sharing these highly informative posts so regularly, it’s the highlight of my week and you’re an artist.
Makednos was ..the first ruler of Macedonia ns his name in Greek means Tall their Native Dialecte was simmilar to Dorian Greek, Makednos was from Bloodline of Helen son of Deucalionas king of Thessaly.centyrys after him .Refuges from Pelloponese went way from Myceneans and finaly became the Argead dynasty noticed that Olympus mountain the sacred place of all Greeks was divided between Thessaly and Macedon ..and one Ansestor of Philip took part in Olympic games wher only Greek s can yook part
You should also make a video on the Tactician and great Roman General called Flavius Belisarius. Also Julius Caesar would make a great video! Excellent video by the way!
According to Diodorus, the Aleuadae, the noble family which dominated politics in the northern Thessalian city of Larissa, were opposed to the tyrants of Pherae, and requested aid from Philip. Philip's appearance on the scene allowed the Aleuadae to negotiate a peace settlement with Pherae from a position of greater strength. Philip seems to have come away from the expedition with new wives from both Larissa (Philinna) and Pherae (Nicesipolis), which is suggestive of a negotiated settlement; and therefore Philip came away from Thessaly with a foot in both camps. Philip appears to have had a strong interest in Thessaly from the start of his reign, even despite his problems elsewhere. There are several probable reasons for this interest. Since Larissa controlled the main north-south routes between Macedon and Thessaly, friendly relations with the Aleuadae would help protect Macedon and give Philip access to the rest of Greece. Thessaly had plentiful resources that Philip could see the long-term potential of exploiting: Thessaly was rich in land, produce, cities and men. Thessalian cavalry was the best in Greece, and the mountainous country surrounding Thessaly supplied numerous peltasts. Success in Thessaly would provide Philip with a new army and additional revenues. Nor could he wisely stand by and watch the tyrants of Pherae overwhelm the Thessalian confederacy. Jason of Pherae had given the Greek world a glimpse of the potential might of a united Thessaly, and no Macedonian king could afford to forget the lesson. First campaign in Thessaly. The Sacred War (356-352 BC). The Sacred War appears to have laid way for renewed conflict within Thessaly. The Thessalian Confederation were in general staunch supporters of the Amphictyonic League, and had an ancient hatred of the Phocians. Conversely, Pherae had allied itself with the Phocians. In either 354 or 353 BC, the Aleuadae appealed to Philip to help them defeat Pherae. Philip responded positively, perhaps unsurprisingly. Onomarchus of the Phocians seems to have inflicted two defeats on Philip. Polyaenus suggests that the first of Onomarchus' victories was aided by the use of the catapults to throw stones into the Macedonian phalanx, as they climbed a slope to attack the Phocians. After these defeats, Philip retreated to Macedon for the winter. He is said to have commented that he "did not run away but, like a ram, I pulled back to butt again harder". Second campaign in Thessaly Philip now mustered all the Thessalian opponents of Pherae that he could, and according to Diodorus, his final army numbered 20,000 infantry and 3000 cavalry. Battle of Crocus Field The Athenians dispatched Chares to help their Phocian allies, seeing the opportunity to strike a decisive blow against Philip. A battle was fought between the Macedonians and the Phocians, probably as Philip tried to prevent the Phocians uniting forces with the Pheraeans, and crucially, before the Athenians had arrived. According to Diodorus, the two armies met on a large plain near the sea (the 'crocus field'), probably in the vicinity of Pagasae. In the ensuing battle, the bloodiest recorded in ancient Greek history, Philip won a decisive victory against the Phocians. In total, 6000 Phocian troops had been killed including Onormarchus, and another 3000 taken prisoner. Onomarchus was either hanged or crucified and the other prisoners drowned, as was the ritual punishment demanded for temple-robbers. These punishments were designed to deny the defeated an honourable burial; Philip thus continued to present himself as the pious avenger of the sacrilege committed by the Phocians. In the aftermath of his victory, the Thessalians appointed Philip archon of Thessaly. This was an appointment for life, and gave Philip control over all the revenues of the Thessalian Confederation, and furthermore made Philip leader of the united Thessalian army. His appointment to high command in Thessaly was a dramatic increase in his power, effectively giving him a whole new army. As for Alexander, he was left in charge of Macedonia in 340 during Philip’s attack on Byzantium, he defeated the Maedi, a Thracian people. Two years later he commanded the left wing at the Battle of Chaeronea, in which Philip defeated the allied Greek states, and displayed personal courage in breaking the Sacred Band of Thebes. A year later Philip divorced Olympias, and, after a quarrel at a feast held to celebrate his father’s new marriage, Alexander and his mother fled to Epirus, and Alexander later went to Illyria. Shortly afterward, father and son were reconciled and Alexander returned, but his position as heir was jeopardized. In 336, however, on Philip’s assassination, Alexander, acclaimed by the army, succeeded without opposition. In order to have an understanding of how Archaic and even Mycenaean Greece operated, you always have to fill the historic gaps with Thessaly. In history taught in Greece this is common knowledge, but for outsiders is not. The Thessalian League controlled the Amphictyonic League of Delphi, since they had many votes as single city-states. Therefore, if you wanted to instill fear to the southern famous cities you had to manage to ally yourself to the Thessalian League somehow. Thessalians for the most part fought amongst themselves for the control of the central greek fertile plains and noone wanted to draw their attention and unite them by mistake. Another example is the fact that Troy was a Thessalian colony and the oracle of the Delphoi had given the prophecy to the colonists: "Thessalians will build its walls and Thessalians will destroy them oneday". In the legend of Troy, Hector killed Patroclus, Achilles killed Hector, Paris killed Achilles, Philoctetes killed Paris. All of them were Thessalians. I hope this helps. Keep up the awesome work and thank you for your videos!
Love your channel and appreciate your work and effort greatly! I've learned sooo much since I follow you and ever since consistently watch all your Videos! Also your storytelling is very appealing. Really cool that you're covering Philipp the second. He seems to be overseen in the shadow of his son. But why the #bronzeage? Isn't his time irontime already? Pls don't see this as trolling criticism, just wanna make sure I didn't get the Timing wrong/missunderstood things here :) Much love from me!
Alexander was a tactical genius, but his father handed him a well trained and equipped army. It’s not as if he had to form an army, train it, then take it on expedition.
Actually he did, you do know he formed a army from the Persians conquered lands & sent many veterans home or married them off & they stayed to keep what they conquered or they died, he left Greece with 35,000 men & conquered the biggest & greatest empire for 100's of years & made them look useless. There were many soldiers of Phillips, but you need a leader no matter how good the army because the Leaders wits can turn or lose a war. Phillip never went to Persia & neither had his army, it was Alexander, not Phillip who took Persia. Honestly, so many haven't a clue but watch some video or read some dribble & are experts. He is the Great for a reason Mike, study the whole story of Alexander & you might understand the genius of the Wonderboy of history. Philip was a great King, but Alexander is the Greatest.
@Lord Cregan Stark exactly wrong, Alexander had to form a army from Persian conquered lands. He left Greece with 35,000 men, do you think they were all immoral or do you think Alexander had to bring in new troops with attrition, injured, retired, leaving troops behind to consolidate. That is EXACTLY why l have been the only one to reply to you, to set you straight.
@@markrene6108, Alexander would have not had said opportunities that you stated, had not received the military his father had provided for him. I agree, he did have to train soldiers, and send some home. But much of that was due to what his father had provided for him. I’m not attempting to downplay Alexander and his accomplishments, but his father played a huge role in his accomplishments.
@@LobsterRavioli yes but don't act as if all his success was due to his fathers actions history proves that great men can leave secure nations in the hands of lesser sons and it will fall you have to pay tribute to alexanders own competence as well
"Alexander inherited the idea of an invasion of the Persian Empire from his father Philip whose advance-force was already out in Asia in 336 BC. Philip's campaign had the slogan of "freeing the Greeks" in Asia and "punishing the Persians" for their past sacrileges during their own invasion (a century and a half earlier) of Greece. No doubt, Philip wanted glory and plunder." Fox, Robin Lane (2004). "Riding with Alexander". The Archaeological Institute of America
So true! Alexander found the whole plan ready by Philip but unfortunately he doesn't get much credits. I really doubt Alexander would made it this far or so successfully if it wasn't Phillip's organized plans.
@@despoinaquhares What Cy states at the end of the video says it all: "However as brilliant and brave as Alexander was he most likely would not have been able to have achieved all that he did, if it had not been for his father Philip who laid the groundwork for his future success"
@@vandare6913 Oh, yes you're right, I'm sorry.. I got a little hurry to read the comments. But I wasn't referring to the video, which is brilliant btw and very accurate! In general through history, Phillip doesn't get the credits he deserves. Thank you anyway! 👍🙂
Actually all Greeks new the history and sacrilege of their lands & gods by the Persians, his father didn't teach him that because he didn't need to, he would of known. When Alexander was a youngster & by his own varlition he would talk with traders, Foriegn merchants, travellers figuring out the distances, lay of the land, the food, customs, anything he could to get a picture of Persia for payback, all Greeks wanted payback because it was drummed into them . That is why he is the wonder boy of history, the numero numo & untouchable in history as the Great. I didn't read what you were quoting from but l didn't need to.
"...a fragment written by the Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC speaks of a Macedon, son of Zeus, a lover of horses who lived near Mount Olympus and Pieria. Such a mythical ancestor suggests inclusion within the broad family of Greek peoples. Two hundred years later...Darius campaigned in person in Thrace and Scythia. By about 500 BC he set up an inscription listing his subject peoples, ending with "countries which are across the sea." Another specified the "Scythians which are across the sea, Skudra, and the petesos-wearing Ionians." Skudra was probably Thrace...while the petasos was the distinctive Macedonian hat. Describing them as Ionians suggests that the Persians saw them as akin to the Greek cities of Asia and Greece itself." -- Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors (New York: Basic Books, 2020), 62-63.
Of course!!! Will be much, much longer than this one and might even be a series in and of itself, but first I want to finish the Peloponnesian War saga.
I really enjoyed your part one history of the khazars, can you please make a part 2? The history is fascinating and it's hard to find accurate information pertaining to it.
I wouldn't use the term country to describe Macedon, It would be best to use the word Kingdom, as it was a province of the Greek peninsula. The idea of a unified country as Greece, didnt exist until thousands of years later.
He didn't invade central Greece again per se, he was actually invited by the Amphictyonic Council to come back and fight the Fourth Sacred War for them, then captured Elateia which alarmed Athens and then they fought each other.
Alexander would have been nowhere without the opportunities Phillip gave him. All the benefits of the most powerful kingdom the Hellenic world had ever seen in addition to a reformed army.
When will the admits they lies??What is the meaning of AlekSanDer MacDon ?When did Greeks used even the name or title of Don???When did they even see horses not mention having a cavalry???
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes It’s called rational thinking in which one can debunk identify thief copy cat cultures like Greek. Please enlighten me what does AlekSanDer MacDon means in Greek language or when did Greeks even had a cavalry or a horse culture narrated by Greeks???No Sian-Scythian-Scotian GaL tribal alliance had horse and cavalry but not Greeks or Roman since it was GaL who moved between PortuGaL,BenGaL and MonGolia and connected Iberian peninsula with CaucaSIAN Iberian Kingdom and Siberia pointing out a basic fact that GaLilee,GALicia,GALatea…are GaL and not Jewish nor Greek who where neither MacDon,MacAr ,MaCAbby,MaCAbbean…but a copy cat merchants. One opens a Bible and it states that Báni are a IsRælites which makes LeBánise a IsRælite group like AL Bánise a CaucaSIAN group a IsRælites that are the same as TheBánise Aka SParthian that Greeks adopted as somehow Greeks just as Scythians and many other name where the very fact of AchæMENid army of 1.000.000 soldiers attacked Sian-Scythian tribal alliance throug CaucaSIAN mountains which where defended by fortifications complexes by ALán meaning The Lion explains why Leoni Das has that name since the whole thing was never Greek related. It’s enough to look at R1A and R1B Haplogroups and see how worldwide spread was the Gælic influence compared to Roman or Greek that is very local and obviously not a source culture or a group but a later copy cat group who’s whole narrative is based upon false beliefs.
the Mary Renault books about Alexander are rollicking read. The first of them, "Fire from Heaven" covers Alexander's relationship with his mother and Phillip.
@@HistorywithCy I did and you’re right he’s under appreciated. What he did was key to Alexander’s success. I’ve seen 1 similar show on here about him and his reforms to the Macedonian military. That’s it. It was more detailed about exactly what he did but less about the results and how he crushed the Greek states like you went into. 🙌
Thanks! I hope to go more into depth with India, especially Maurya, Indo-Greek and Gupta. Perhaps in late 2023. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!
There is a good book titled Philip and Alexander, by Adrian Goldsworthy. It covers Philip quite extensively and makes it clear that there is no Alexander The Great without his father. It is a good read.
Hello Cy, i am doing a bavandid campaign in crusader kingdoms 2 and i need your help in name cities. I would like the translantion. to "City of" in middle persian. I am in doubt about using "abad" because i don't know if that term has arabic origin.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! So in Middle Persian city is "shahr" which can also mean country or area (like the suffix "-stan") or "place of." As for the suffix "-abad," I'm pretty sure that is of Persian origin. I can think of places in Iran, Central Asia and South Asia with "-abad" but can't think of Arabic city or town with it in the name. That's what I think but I could be wrong. Thanks for watching!
Oh God can't wait to out a lot of content good 'ole Alex. One of my specialties actually... Achaemenid Empire and Alexander. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
Phillip and Alexander would have made a great team when invading Persia. Phillip's political acumen may have made a more permanent empire Alexander really needed a restraining hand, brilliant warrior that he was he appears politically naive. You can take an empire but you have to keep it.
If anyone's searching a good strategy video game covering Philip II of Macedon, then look no further than "Hegemony: Philip of Macedon", meanwhile expanded into "Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece" and featuring historical campaigns for Philip's unification of Greece and also the Peloponnesian Wars.🖥💻👍
Macedon really was the Classical version of Russia: located on the fringe of its civilzation, and usually viewed as somewhat alien, maybe uncultured. However, being on the fringe allowed it to settle nomadic territory, full of empty space that allowed for astounding growth. At the moment, things seem to be late into the hellenistic period, when the southern polises were increasingly unable to face Macedonian threats without aid from the Romans.
The Royal Tomb II was discovered in Vergina, Greece, in 1977. It contained a male skeleton and a rich array of grave goods. Evidence of trauma supposedly in the orbital bones of the skull has been thought to correspond to an eye injury that King Philip II is historically known to have suffered. However, reexamination of the orbital morphology showed no evidence of such pathology. Therefore, the skeleton does not belong to Philip II. New skeletal evidence shows that the skeleton belongs to King Philip III Arrhidaeus. In this case, the tomb may well contain some of the paraphernalia of Alexander the Great.
Hades: Phillip who? Phillip: Phillip 2 Hades: not sure 🤔 I follow Phil: I’m alex’s dad Hades: oh yeah, u could a juz told me that up front man 👨 Phil: 🤬😡🤯
Your sure right, wasn't for Alexander Father Phillip he could have never ever become Alexander the Great. Because Phillips set the foundation for his son, especially by getting Alexander his own personal philosopher teacher and the greatest of time Aristotle
Yeah, agreed. Philip was in my opinion Alexander's main influence, plus I really think part of his motivation was that he also wanted to outdo his father. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
"Most Greeks looked down on Macedonians"?! A few Athenian politicians were certainly not "most Greeks"! "Ancient allegations that the Macedonians were non-Greek all had their origin in Athens at the time of the struggle with Philip II. Then as now, political struggle created the prejudice. The orator Aeschines once even found it necessary, to counteract the prejudice vigorously fomented by his opponents, to defend Philip on this issue and describe him at a meeting of the Athenian Popular Assembly as being 'ENTIRELY GREEK'. Demosthenes' allegations were lent an appearance of credibility by the fact, apparent to every observer, that the life-style of the Macedonians, being determined by specific geographical and historical conditions, was different to that of a Greek city-state. This alien way of life was, however, common to western Greeks of Epirus, Akarnania and Aitolia, as well as to the Macedonians, and THEIR FUNDAMENTAL GREEK NATIONALITY WAS NEVER DOUBTED. Only as a consequence of the political disagreement with Macedonia was the issue raised at all." Errington 1994, p. 4: Errington, Malcolm (1994). A History of Macedonia. Barnes Noble.
My assumption as to why Philip didn't try to conquer Greece by force is that he was aware that the only thing that could unite the squabbling Greek poleis was the threat of a more powerful foreign invader. He tried to avoid that image at all costs, instead preferring to appoint himself the head of various city-leagues rather than declaring himself an outright overlord. He also went to some lengths to frame himself as a protector of Greece against the Persian menace, provoking Greece's oldest nemesis into a fight in order to create a common enemy for the Greeks. Lastly, I think the way he had Alexander educated is also a reflection of Phillip's understanding of Greek values. He understood that he would always be looked down on by the Greeks as an upstart barbarian, so he made sure to give his son the most elite Greek education possible to give him every possible advantage as the future leader of Greece.
The Hellenes screwed up a lot in their egoistic and elitist blindness (as always), and today's so-called The same programmed matrix was imposed on the Greeks, that's why they are losers to this day and someone works them like imbeciles using their beautiful geography
The Argead dynasty (Greek: Ἀργεάδαι, romanized: Argeádai), also known as the Temenid dynasty (Greek: Τημενίδαι, Tēmenídai) was an ancient Macedonian royal house of Dorian Greek provenance. They were the founders and the ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Macedon from about 700 to 310 BC.
MACEDONIA,, az én királyom de Alexander made even perhaps greater, he made base, yes his father was Philip the second! Like who was there. Not knowing because they were there. Ok great movie about Alexander the great. sad that we dont live forever
Wonderful love it! great channel! my channel has an interview with one of King Philip's Sarissa Phalanx Soldiers, hope you like it, i will grow my channel if people like the format.
_“No citadel is impenetrable as long as it has a road that fits a donkey with a pot of gold on its back.”_
-Philip II of Macedon
Whats most impressive about Phillip is he's one of the very few warrior stateman who successfully implemented both soft and hard power to success over and over because he built up a network from the ground up, probably starting young and ramping up as his successes mounted. Even Persia was keenly aware of his rapid ascension but could never have guessed his generals would so quickly side with his son after his death.
When will the admits they lies??What is the meaning of AlekSanDer MacDon ?When did Greeks used even the name or title of Don???When did they even see horses not mention having a cavalry???
@@MAKDavid-1 macedonia is greek
@@wankawanka3053 Sure think if you say so AlekSanDer MacDon had to be a Greek like Scythians and Báni,Le Bánis,AL Banis,The Bánis aka SPArthians and so called IsRælites.
Please prove that Greek had ever cavalry of any kinds something that AlekSanDer MacDon had while Greeks haven’t hence according to Greek narrative people 🏃♂️ Run a Marathon because at the time Greeks simply had no horses 🐎 but where running around to deliver a message.
@@MAKDavid-1 Speak English
@@tobiasbourne9073 Én is a Hungarian word meaning I while Glish is a version of Galish which again you don't understand what it means hence you saying to me "Speak English" while not having a slightest idea what English as word means is equally stupid as those Greek-Jews Jewnanistani whom adopted various alphabets, stories, identities...that have absolutely nothing to do them nor does it have a meanging in they language but again would argue that Alek Son Deer is somehow Greek-Jewish name...
If not for his son, Philip would've been remembered as one of the greatest kings of ancient times. Very good video as always.
Agreed. Thanks for watching, more on Philip and Alexander on the way, stay tuned!
If he was killed Philip II would be known as the great
He is regarded a great King H, but he is left in the shade like all the rest because of his son, now l would love that myself for my son, but l dont think Phillip would think that way. Remember they learnt through reading & the most popular was Homer, Homers line for their name to be remembered was everything, a kind of immortality. Well guess what, we remember them both 👍
All father's wish for their son's to surpass them.
@@eddiesid1149 Indeed that's kind of the point of being a parent...
Really good episode. Interesting to learn much more about Phillip.
The mystery of his murder would be a great episode in itself.
Thanks, glad you liked it! Yes, it would. I would love to do something on Philip, Olympias and Alexander's seemingly complex relationship. I just have to make sure that there are enough legitimate sources on the topic. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
Historia Civilis has a great series of vids about Philip and his military reforms. th-cam.com/video/QpDaXHRdE1I/w-d-xo.html
That guy is up there with Cyrus in terms of quality, cleverly presented historical content about the ancient and modern world.
“Such was the end of Philip … He had ruled 24 years. He is known to fame as one who with but the slenderest resources to support his claim to a throne won for himself the greatest empire among the Hellenes, while the growth of his position was not due so much to his prowess in arms as to his adroitness and cordiality in diplomacy.”
(Diodoros of Sicily 16.95.1-2)
Macedon advanced neighbors but capable of learning from them and ultimately of conquering them. Though rich in resources and manpower, Macedon lacked the relatively efficient organization of the polis. Several dialects of Greek were spoken, some unintelligible to southern Greeks, who considered Macedonians "barbarians" (from the Greek barbaros, meaning "a person who does not speak Greek"). Ordinary Macedonians lived hardy lives, while the king and the royal court inhabited a sophisticated capital city, Pella, where they sponsored visits by leading Greek artists and writers. Philip II confounded Greek stereotypes of Macedonian barbarism by turning out to be a brilliant soldier and statesman. He was tough and seemingly unstoppable.
Cengage Advantage Books: Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries, Volume II 7th Edition by Thomas F. X. Noble (Author), Barry Strauss (Author), Duane Osheim (Author), Kristen Neuschel (Author), Elinor Accampo (Author) p.91
This kind of strategic decision does not require that Macedonian should have been similar to the new "international" language. In summing up. Crossland says again that the evidence does not indicate convincingly that Macedonian was a dialect of Greek rather than a separate Indo-European language. Even Toynbee, who is persuaded in the opposite direction by the very flimsy evidence we have considered above emphasizes that the evidence is "fragmentary,... confused and self-contradictory."" In practi cal terms this suggests that modern Greeks may have to look elsewhere for convincing evidence that ancient Macedonians were Greek.
Macedonia and Greece: The Struggle to Define a New Balkan Nation by John Shea (Author) p.35
It is possible that the ancient Macedonian language was closely related to Greek, but we have too little information to reach any conclusions. For a historical summary, see Price (1998: 211-224), Hoenigswald (1998) or Horrocks (1997).
Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics 1st Edition by R.L. Trask (Editor) p.144
I disagree with Diodorus, his military might was more important than diplomacy for his success
@@tobiasbourne9073 First he had to be successful diplomatically, in order to then get to build his military might (eg alliances through marriages).
@@Nomadicenjoyer31 You sources are either outdated or plain propugunda (John Shea?! LOL), while none of them has actual expertise on ancient Macedonian history, so stop posting them all over the place, because all you achieve is to expose your ignaranse and huge kompleks lol. Now read what the vast majority of the actual experts have repeatedly stated and cry lol:
"We know the Macedonians were fundamentally Greeks, that is to say they were Greek speakers and ethnically they were Greeks"
[Donald Kagan, Sterling professor, Yale University]
@@Nomadicenjoyer31 "As members of the Greek race and speakers of the Greek language, the Macedonians shared the ability to initiate ideas and create political forms"
N G L Hammond (1992), 'The Miracle that was Macedonia', p 206
Well done, sir! You covered all the important points. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall in the home of Epaminondas to see what Philipp learned at his feet.
Thank you! Me too, which makes me think that I should do a short video on Epaminondas one day. He's a really fascinating character. Thanks for watching!
it always upset me that the one who picked the fruit got the epithet "the Great", while the one who tilled the barren land, planted a seed, and took care of the tree till it can finally bear fruit is known as the 2nd king of Macedon with the name "Philip"
Isn't that how it always is?
One must also recall that much of what Philip had accomplished was undone by his assasination. The transition appears to be smooth only because of Alexander. In actuality, it eas anything but.
I mean father of arguably the greatest general to ever live is still pretty damn good....
Also, should be noted that a lot of people back then thought this same thing, that Alexander wouldn't have been remotely successful had his father not prepared everything. This could be wishful thinking, but Phillip is only underrated nowadays much like Epaminondas.
Best description of Alexander and Philip I've ever seen
"AMONG ALL THE HELLENES you shall stand forth as a statesman who has worked for the good of HELLAS"
[Isocrates, Speeches and Letters, “To Philip”, 5.139, 5.140]
Whenever I'm in a mood for Greek history, it's always either the Bronze Age or the age of Philip and Alexander.
Today's a good day for me ⚔
What Philip have to do with Greek history...
@@bitolcaneccgo read a book and you’ll find out.
@@malamatinas1 Of course, there is only one problem, it is a matter of belief, there are people who do not believe what is written by Anglo-Saxon colonialists and fake elitists. any one who has a little knowledge of general history knows that Philip was the most hated of those of us who named themselves Hellenes, and was called by them a barbarian, and other most derogatory names.
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@@bitolcanecc EVERY GOOD ! ! ! Tatjana from MAKEDONIJA
@@bitolcaneccStop reading Tito's history, and you will find out why!
Needless to mention that the Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia was among the participants in the Olympic Games, together with all other Greek City States and Kingdoms of Greece during the Hellenistic era.
Stretching from cities as far as Neapolis, Croton, Taranto, Syracuse in Southern Italy to Troy & Ionia in Asia Minor, Miletos, Ephesos Antiochia, the Pontus region in the Black Sea, Cyprus, Cyrene in Libya and Alexandria in Egypt.
before 25 centuries MACEDONIAN KINGDOM ! ! @... nj -- y.
@@tatjanavelkova5814MACEDONIANs are GREEKS 🇬🇷
I found this video very interesting, Cy! Hope you'll be interested in continuing this part of Greek history. I'd love to see your take on Alexander and whatnot...
Thanks! Actually the next one will be on Mycenaean Greece which will be out later this month. Plan to then go more or less chronologically through Greek history, cover the Peloponnesian war in detail (new series to replace the original podcast I started) and then eventually get into something epic with Alexander. If I can make it at least that far by the end of 2024, I'll be stoked! Afterward will cover Seleucid, Greco-Bactrian, Indo-Greek etc. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!
It is Ilirian history
Its not Greek history, go back and brush-up on the real history, and historian Borza can guide you on the right path. Phillip was a Macedonian king. Unfortunately, Macedonia borders a countries that usurps foreign history. In Ancient times, the City States, there was no such a country called "Greece" presently "Greece" were under the yoke of Macedonia since 338 BC until the Romans came to the Balkans. If you ever travel to Italy, visit Rome, a guide can take you to see 3 pictures ( on an old Ancient wall, a Map paintings) that shows only Macedonia and Crete, but no such thing as "Greece". Greece as a country did not existed then, they were just City States, each City was a different State. Greece as a country exists since 1831, and their language sine 1856 the Dimotiki glossa. At this time, every living person had to learn that language in order to be able to communicate with others, because, people (Greece) had no national language, there were many different languages being spoken.
Perfect for a rainy headache day. I'll have to watch it again instead of just listening to the narration. Thankfully I don't need the maps quite as much as when we speak of Parsa.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy it.
Parsa huh? You're in for a treat. I will hopefully be traveling there later on this year and will definitely cover it on the channel! Thanks for watching!
That was something. Someone finally understands that Phillip made Alexander. Bravo old boy bravo 😢
Thanks, glad you enjoyed this... will also do Alexander soon, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
We learned so much through this! Thank you!
Thank YOU for watching and your support, really appreciate it!
@@HistorywithCy It's our pleasure, truly!
thx for another video on greek history.
You're welcome and thanks for watching...more Greek history on the way!
There’s a great deal more that confirms Tomb II as the burial place of Philip II.
There is a set of greaves that show the person had one leg shorter than the other. Philip had been wounded in his knee and walked with a limp.
There are the remains of a ceremonial shield that had been decorated with ivory bust of Philip, Olympias and Alexander.
Now, if they could just find Alexander’s tomb!
Yes, I read the leg and limp but not the shield....should have added it here but will do so in a future podcast. Oh, Alexander's tomb would be amazing! My guess is its somewhere under the streets (or now perhaps the waters) of Alexandria. Thanks for watching and more on Philip and Alexander planned for year, stay tuned!
imagine if they could sequence Philip's dna, see his Y-dna and have modern people be able to say they are his descendants
@@celtofcanaanesurix2245 Nice thought, but Philip was cremated, his ashes doused with wine. The heat most likely destroyed any remaining DNA that was in the charred remains.
@@GothosRedux nobody know whos tomb it is no name was written there
@@starcapture3040 Okay. Let’s see, the tomb contains a solid gold larnax with the royal star of Macedon on it.
Inside was the remains of a gold embroidered, purple cloth. Wrapped inside the cloth were ashes and bone fragments.
We have accounts of Philip’s funeral, stating that he was cremated and “buried among his ancestors in Vergine.”
The shield and greaves were finely crafted.
There is no doubt among scholars that this is a royal tomb. And because of the shield and greaves most all of the researching archeologists have concurred this is the tomb of Philip II.
The only other contender for the male occupant is Philip III Arridaeus, one of Philip’s offshoots by a minor wife. But it’s considered that Arridaeus would’ve rated such a splendid tomb.
Great exhaustive content as usual man, really thank you!
Thanks so much for this.
I agree, Phillip is vastly underrated in his importance.
Took a nation on the verge of extinction and, nearly from scratch, forged one of the most powerful nations in that part of the world.
Not to take away from Alexanders accomplishments, but i always tell my students i think that, while alexander was an excellent general he couldnt hold a candle to his father in statecraft.
Really, well your students should find another history teacher because your using your lack of knowledge & bias instead of the history books. Alexander wasn't a great statesman? You are kidding yourself pal, How old was he again when he smashed Darius & who was his teacher . He did not need to conquer Egypt, they took him as a liberater, & he respected their customs, rituals & joined into them because he was a great statesman. He married Roxanne who was of royal blood of her people, he brought Persians throughout the empire into leadership roles on merit & tried to marry the cultures together. Seeing you tell your students your version of history you might as well call Phillip the great & Alexander the son, absolute dribble & l bet your students will be happy to know your such a genius to dismiss history 😂 Teach your students what is written, not what you think ironstein or for the kids sake, get another job. .
@@markrene6108 You wrote an entire paragraph showing your lack of reading comprehension, they clearly state "Not to take away from Alexanders accomplishments... Alexander was an excellent general" which shows that he was accomplished in the exact fields you were raving about, your entire rant about conquering Iran is literally Alexander being an excellent general.
As for statecraft, Phillip is objectively better: you left out how Alexander's marriage of the Persian elites failed miserably, only 2 marriages weren't divorced in a year (Seleucus' and Hephaestion, who died early), and his empire fractured when he died while Macedon was governed by Antipater... Who was Phillip's "Old Guard". Alexander's own generals (especially Seleucus and Ptolemy) had a more stable regime than Alexander himself. Hell, the League of Corinth and the invasion of Iran were both Phillip's ideas first. He was an excellent general, but his statecraft is something that could've been greatly improved.
Alexander the Great was probably the best military commander but Phillip turned Macedonia from small kingdom to dominating Greece, he had his eyes on Persia too, so who knows what would have happened had he not been assassinated.
Specially the world can witness how deadly a father-son due is!
Yeah, his one existing eye on Persia! ;)
ALEXANDER with his ARMY FALANGA were in PERSIJA, INDIA and EGYPT ! !
What would I give for the entrance to His tomb in Vergina... as the first, of course😉 Is this the beginning of a new series?
Haha you do love visiting tombs! Looking forward to your next Egypt video! Not a series though there will be a lot of stuff coming out in the future on ancient Greek history, Greco-Persian Wars, Alexander, Hellenistic kingdoms etc. I just wish I had more time to put these out faster!
@@HistorywithCy I will look forward to your great videos as always✌
Phillip's diplomatic savy can not be understated enough. When Phillip II died, he left in his wake, the greatest army of professional killers till Caesar's legions, which conquered half the known world, and made his son a god-king in the eyes of most of his contemporaries.
When Alexander died, his immediate family was executed. His empire, ripped apart.
Hello Cy nice to see you this early.
Thanks! Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!
@17:50 - Of course, Sparta was rather pathetic and weak at this point (politically, economically and militarily) after Thebes had kicked their ass a few decades prior, as I recall, so that there was no reason for Philip II to make even the slightest effort to try and take them. They just weren't worth it. :)
True, that and a declining Spartiate population and few if any helots to work for them. Epaminondas really leveled their power to the ground. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!
Like Frederick the Great, Philip was also a great diplomat and a brave leader of his country, took risks and won.
He had a strained relationship with daddy as well. Dad had the giants, a squad of tall men who were useless for anything but being tall. His dad thought he was a sissy as well and not up to being 👑 😂 Dad wasn't to bright was he. Frederick the Great, legendary ruler who was humane as a ruler & cared for his subjects in a time when only he ruled that way, humble & dressed as a Gardner to garden because he loved it, People were shocked later on when they found out the pleasant nice old man gardening was actually the Emperor Frederick. Napoleon said it best when he ordered his men to remove their hats & bow at Fredericks tomb & said, 'Gentlemen show your respects, for if he were alive today, we wouldn't be standing here', that statement still sends a great shiver up my spine, love it 👍
Yes, that Alexander
Really love your videos
Thank you, and thanks for watching! Lots more on the way, stay tuned!
Thanks for another great one!
Thank YOU for continuing to tune in and watch and glad you liked it!
A land full of Greek names that make sense only in Greek, men who competed in the Olympic Games, proud and eager to be called Greek, a kingdom which made Greek civilisation known and dominant of almost all the then known world , how could this land and people be anything but Greek?
Well said 👏👏
before 25 centuries PHILIP created KINGDOM MAKEDONIJA ! ! !
Alexander the Great was not just a conqueror. His purpose was to exchange values and knowledge, resulting in the prevalence of Greek civilization and the creation of the Hellenistic era.
Scientific sequence in the campaign of Alexander the Great:
Doctors: Drakon ,Glaukias , Kritodemos, Filippo the acarnanian ,and Ippoktates son of Ippocrate.
Historians,Topographers: Aristovoulos kassandrephs , Kallisthenes nephew of Aristoteles.
Painters, poets, musicians: Athenodoros from Thessaly ,Lykon ,Apelles ,Lysippos,Aristonikos.
Fortune tellers , Prophets : Aristandros , Kleomenes from Sparta.
MAKEDONIJA EXIST 25 CENTURIES from KING FILIP.
Oto german make Greece before 190 years.
@@tatjanavelkova5814Slav never exist
Big fan of this channel 👏 purely gold❤️
Another banger from cy to make our evenings! Thanks, be safe!
Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed it... you too, stay safe!
awesome video! would love to see you do a video covering the earlier macedonian kings.
Thanks! I'm planning a podcast later on this year or early next on the Kingdom of Macedon before Alexander, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
Really good work. I loved the museum artifacts displayed during the narrative.
Thanks! I try to use them whenever I can ... they inspire me to go visit more museums!
I love you! ❤ You have the best channel ever!
Thanks for the kind words, really appreciate them!
And Cy n-n-nocks it out the park again! Yeah thanks a bunch for sharing these highly informative posts so regularly, it’s the highlight of my week and you’re an artist.
Makednos was ..the first ruler of Macedonia ns his name in Greek means Tall their Native Dialecte was simmilar to Dorian Greek, Makednos was from Bloodline of Helen son of Deucalionas king of Thessaly.centyrys after him .Refuges from Pelloponese went way from Myceneans and finaly became the Argead dynasty noticed that Olympus mountain the sacred place of all Greeks was divided between Thessaly and Macedon ..and one Ansestor of Philip took part in Olympic games wher only Greek s can yook part
A L E K S A N D A R and F I L I P MACEDONIAN NAMES ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Yes, indeed, they are Hellenic Makedonian names, Tatjana! And they are, Αλέξανδρος and Φίλιππος!
A L E K S A N D A R and F I L I P -- MACEDONIAN NAMES.
english : PHILIP and ALEXANDER THE GREAT ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Φίλιππος and Αλέξανδρος are Greek names Bulgarova! They have a meaning also in Greek language 😚
ALEXANDER and FILIP SPOKE MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE ! !
You should also make a video on the Tactician and great Roman General called Flavius Belisarius. Also Julius Caesar would make a great video!
Excellent video by the way!
Good stuff
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
Very well done
Cy kills it again! How the hell are you not at 1 million subscribers?!?! Good video.
haha thanks! Still have a lot more videos to make before 1 million but thanks for the good wishes and for watching!
According to Diodorus, the Aleuadae, the noble family which dominated politics in the northern Thessalian city of Larissa, were opposed to the tyrants of Pherae, and requested aid from Philip. Philip's appearance on the scene allowed the Aleuadae to negotiate a peace settlement with Pherae from a position of greater strength. Philip seems to have come away from the expedition with new wives from both Larissa (Philinna) and Pherae (Nicesipolis), which is suggestive of a negotiated settlement; and therefore Philip came away from Thessaly with a foot in both camps.
Philip appears to have had a strong interest in Thessaly from the start of his reign, even despite his problems elsewhere. There are several probable reasons for this interest. Since Larissa controlled the main north-south routes between Macedon and Thessaly, friendly relations with the Aleuadae would help protect Macedon and give Philip access to the rest of Greece. Thessaly had plentiful resources that Philip could see the long-term potential of exploiting:
Thessaly was rich in land, produce, cities and men. Thessalian cavalry was the best in Greece, and the mountainous country surrounding Thessaly supplied numerous peltasts. Success in Thessaly would provide Philip with a new army and additional revenues. Nor could he wisely stand by and watch the tyrants of Pherae overwhelm the Thessalian confederacy. Jason of Pherae had given the Greek world a glimpse of the potential might of a united Thessaly, and no Macedonian king could afford to forget the lesson.
First campaign in Thessaly. The Sacred War (356-352 BC).
The Sacred War appears to have laid way for renewed conflict within Thessaly. The Thessalian Confederation were in general staunch supporters of the Amphictyonic League, and had an ancient hatred of the Phocians. Conversely, Pherae had allied itself with the Phocians. In either 354 or 353 BC, the Aleuadae appealed to Philip to help them defeat Pherae. Philip responded positively, perhaps unsurprisingly.
Onomarchus of the Phocians seems to have inflicted two defeats on Philip. Polyaenus suggests that the first of Onomarchus' victories was aided by the use of the catapults to throw stones into the Macedonian phalanx, as they climbed a slope to attack the Phocians. After these defeats, Philip retreated to Macedon for the winter. He is said to have commented that he "did not run away but, like a ram, I pulled back to butt again harder".
Second campaign in Thessaly
Philip now mustered all the Thessalian opponents of Pherae that he could, and according to Diodorus, his final army numbered 20,000 infantry and 3000 cavalry.
Battle of Crocus Field
The Athenians dispatched Chares to help their Phocian allies, seeing the opportunity to strike a decisive blow against Philip. A battle was fought between the Macedonians and the Phocians, probably as Philip tried to prevent the Phocians uniting forces with the Pheraeans, and crucially, before the Athenians had arrived. According to Diodorus, the two armies met on a large plain near the sea (the 'crocus field'), probably in the vicinity of Pagasae.
In the ensuing battle, the bloodiest recorded in ancient Greek history, Philip won a decisive victory against the Phocians. In total, 6000 Phocian troops had been killed including Onormarchus, and another 3000 taken prisoner. Onomarchus was either hanged or crucified and the other prisoners drowned, as was the ritual punishment demanded for temple-robbers. These punishments were designed to deny the defeated an honourable burial; Philip thus continued to present himself as the pious avenger of the sacrilege committed by the Phocians.
In the aftermath of his victory, the Thessalians appointed Philip archon of Thessaly. This was an appointment for life, and gave Philip control over all the revenues of the Thessalian Confederation, and furthermore made Philip leader of the united Thessalian army. His appointment to high command in Thessaly was a dramatic increase in his power, effectively giving him a whole new army.
As for Alexander, he was left in charge of Macedonia in 340 during Philip’s attack on Byzantium, he defeated the Maedi, a Thracian people. Two years later he commanded the left wing at the Battle of Chaeronea, in which Philip defeated the allied Greek states, and displayed personal courage in breaking the Sacred Band of Thebes. A year later Philip divorced Olympias, and, after a quarrel at a feast held to celebrate his father’s new marriage, Alexander and his mother fled to Epirus, and Alexander later went to Illyria. Shortly afterward, father and son were reconciled and Alexander returned, but his position as heir was jeopardized. In 336, however, on Philip’s assassination, Alexander, acclaimed by the army, succeeded without opposition.
In order to have an understanding of how Archaic and even Mycenaean Greece operated, you always have to fill the historic gaps with Thessaly. In history taught in Greece this is common knowledge, but for outsiders is not. The Thessalian League controlled the Amphictyonic League of Delphi, since they had many votes as single city-states. Therefore, if you wanted to instill fear to the southern famous cities you had to manage to ally yourself to the Thessalian League somehow. Thessalians for the most part fought amongst themselves for the control of the central greek fertile plains and noone wanted to draw their attention and unite them by mistake.
Another example is the fact that Troy was a Thessalian colony and the oracle of the Delphoi had given the prophecy to the colonists: "Thessalians will build its walls and Thessalians will destroy them oneday". In the legend of Troy, Hector killed Patroclus, Achilles killed Hector, Paris killed Achilles, Philoctetes killed Paris. All of them were Thessalians.
I hope this helps. Keep up the awesome work and thank you for your videos!
before 25 centuries PELLA -- PANONIA MACEDONIAN LAND.
FILIP and ALEXANDER are born in M A K E D O N I J A ! ! !
Love your channel and appreciate your work and effort greatly! I've learned sooo much since I follow you and ever since consistently watch all your Videos! Also your storytelling is very appealing.
Really cool that you're covering Philipp the second. He seems to be overseen in the shadow of his son.
But why the #bronzeage? Isn't his time irontime already? Pls don't see this as trolling criticism, just wanna make sure I didn't get the Timing wrong/missunderstood things here :)
Much love from me!
Oh that's just the hastag that showed up, was from an older video template. I've changed it just to "history." Thanks and enjoy the video!
I See, thanks for the explanation. Have a great day/evening!
Sorely needed. Thank you. 🗡⚔🗡⚔
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Nice one
Thank you!
Alexander was a tactical genius, but his father handed him a well trained and equipped army. It’s not as if he had to form an army, train it, then take it on expedition.
Actually he did, you do know he formed a army from the Persians conquered lands & sent many veterans home or married them off & they stayed to keep what they conquered or they died, he left Greece with 35,000 men & conquered the biggest & greatest empire for 100's of years & made them look useless. There were many soldiers of Phillips, but you need a leader no matter how good the army because the Leaders wits can turn or lose a war. Phillip never went to Persia & neither had his army, it was Alexander, not Phillip who took Persia. Honestly, so many haven't a clue but watch some video or read some dribble & are experts. He is the Great for a reason Mike, study the whole story of Alexander & you might understand the genius of the Wonderboy of history. Philip was a great King, but Alexander is the Greatest.
@Lord Cregan Stark exactly wrong, Alexander had to form a army from Persian conquered lands. He left Greece with 35,000 men, do you think they were all immoral or do you think Alexander had to bring in new troops with attrition, injured, retired, leaving troops behind to consolidate. That is EXACTLY why l have been the only one to reply to you, to set you straight.
@@markrene6108, Alexander would have not had said opportunities that you stated, had not received the military his father had provided for him. I agree, he did have to train soldiers, and send some home. But much of that was due to what his father had provided for him. I’m not attempting to downplay Alexander and his accomplishments, but his father played a huge role in his accomplishments.
@@LobsterRavioli yes but don't act as if all his success was due to his fathers actions history proves that great men can leave secure nations in the hands of lesser sons and it will fall you have to pay tribute to alexanders own competence as well
He who creates an Empire, is the one who must be considered GREAT.
Alexander was born Great, Felipe became GREAT.
Alexander was the one that made the Hellenic league into an Empire you illiterate.
"Alexander inherited the idea of an invasion of the Persian Empire from his father Philip whose advance-force was already out in Asia in 336 BC. Philip's campaign had the slogan of "freeing the Greeks" in Asia and "punishing the Persians" for their past sacrileges during their own invasion (a century and a half earlier) of Greece. No doubt, Philip wanted glory and plunder."
Fox, Robin Lane (2004). "Riding with Alexander". The Archaeological Institute of America
So true! Alexander found the whole plan ready by Philip but unfortunately he doesn't get much credits. I really doubt Alexander would made it this far or so successfully if it wasn't Phillip's organized plans.
@@despoinaquhares What Cy states at the end of the video says it all:
"However as brilliant and brave as Alexander was he most likely would not have been able to have achieved all that he did, if it had not been for his father Philip who laid the groundwork for his future success"
@@vandare6913 Oh, yes you're right, I'm sorry.. I got a little hurry to read the comments. But I wasn't referring to the video, which is brilliant btw and very accurate! In general through history, Phillip doesn't get the credits he deserves.
Thank you anyway! 👍🙂
The idea wasn't even Phillip's it was expressed by isocrates and jason of pherae
Actually all Greeks new the history and sacrilege of their lands & gods by the Persians, his father didn't teach him that because he didn't need to, he would of known. When Alexander was a youngster & by his own varlition he would talk with traders, Foriegn merchants, travellers figuring out the distances, lay of the land, the food, customs, anything he could to get a picture of Persia for payback, all Greeks wanted payback because it was drummed into them . That is why he is the wonder boy of history, the numero numo & untouchable in history as the Great. I didn't read what you were quoting from but l didn't need to.
"...a fragment written by the Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC speaks of a Macedon, son of Zeus, a lover of horses who lived near Mount Olympus and Pieria. Such a mythical ancestor suggests inclusion within the broad family of Greek peoples. Two hundred years later...Darius campaigned in person in Thrace and Scythia. By about 500 BC he set up an inscription listing his subject peoples, ending with "countries which are across the sea." Another specified the "Scythians which are across the sea, Skudra, and the petesos-wearing Ionians." Skudra was probably Thrace...while the petasos was the distinctive Macedonian hat. Describing them as Ionians suggests that the Persians saw them as akin to the Greek cities of Asia and Greece itself."
-- Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors (New York: Basic Books, 2020), 62-63.
So that means The Battle of Thermopylae’s 300 happened about 140 years prior, thats crazy. Thought it would be much closer or even after.
Ha nekem lenne egyszer milyen hadseregem, bolgárok és más déli népekkel, hatalmas tudású valódi zsenik sad serege lenne de ki az ellenfél?
Will you also cover Alexander the Great?
Of course!!! Will be much, much longer than this one and might even be a series in and of itself, but first I want to finish the Peloponnesian War saga.
@@HistorywithCy that sounds great! I love your content❤️
should you cover him if he prefers being *in the nude?*
@@iexist3919 alexander the bloodthirsty
@@starcapture3040 and??? Many other generals in history caused more bloodshed for personal glory, don’t just make this an Alexander thing...
Phillip built the army that Alexander used to conquer so much.
👍👍👍Wow Cy, long ago since I was this early😁
No worries my friend, watch whenever you like! Thanks so much for continuing to tune in every video, sincerely appreciate it! On to the next one...
so cool man
I really enjoyed your part one history of the khazars, can you please make a part 2? The history is fascinating and it's hard to find accurate information pertaining to it.
Thank you.
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
I wouldn't use the term country to describe Macedon, It would be best to use the word Kingdom, as it was a province of the Greek peninsula. The idea of a unified country as Greece, didnt exist until thousands of years later.
He didn't invade central Greece again per se, he was actually invited by the Amphictyonic Council to come back and fight the Fourth Sacred War for them, then captured Elateia which alarmed Athens and then they fought each other.
Alexander would have been nowhere without the opportunities Phillip gave him. All the benefits of the most powerful kingdom the Hellenic world had ever seen in addition to a reformed army.
When will the admits they lies??What is the meaning of AlekSanDer MacDon ?When did Greeks used even the name or title of Don???When did they even see horses not mention having a cavalry???
And Phillip would have been nowhere without his father.
@@MAKDavid-1 are you doing a bit
@@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes It’s called rational thinking in which one can debunk identify thief copy cat cultures like Greek.
Please enlighten me what does AlekSanDer MacDon means in Greek language or when did Greeks even had a cavalry or a horse culture narrated by Greeks???No Sian-Scythian-Scotian GaL tribal alliance had horse and cavalry but not Greeks or Roman since it was GaL who moved between PortuGaL,BenGaL and MonGolia and connected Iberian peninsula with CaucaSIAN Iberian Kingdom and Siberia pointing out a basic fact that GaLilee,GALicia,GALatea…are GaL and not Jewish nor Greek who where neither MacDon,MacAr ,MaCAbby,MaCAbbean…but a copy cat merchants.
One opens a Bible and it states that Báni are a IsRælites which makes LeBánise a IsRælite group like AL Bánise a CaucaSIAN group a IsRælites that are the same as TheBánise Aka SParthian that Greeks adopted as somehow Greeks just as Scythians and many other name where the very fact of AchæMENid army of 1.000.000 soldiers attacked Sian-Scythian tribal alliance throug CaucaSIAN mountains which where defended by fortifications complexes by ALán meaning The Lion explains why Leoni Das has that name since the whole thing was never Greek related.
It’s enough to look at R1A and R1B Haplogroups and see how worldwide spread was the Gælic influence compared to Roman or Greek that is very local and obviously not a source culture or a group but a later copy cat group who’s whole narrative is based upon false beliefs.
@@silencemeviolateme6076 nooo Phillips studied and learned from the best SMH not his dad go learn
Phillip is the unsung anvil for Alexander's hammer.
Very true! Thanks for watching!
One of the Greatest Greek Kings and Emperor
KING PHILIP IS M A C E D O N I A N ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Macedon the great city state of the hellenic world
@@RubyAndSapphireXD PHILIP IS MACEDONIAN.
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@@tatjanavelkova5814MACEDONIA IS GREECE
the Mary Renault books about Alexander are rollicking read. The first of them, "Fire from Heaven"
covers Alexander's relationship with his mother and Phillip.
That was great 👍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
@@HistorywithCy I did and you’re right he’s under appreciated. What he did was key to Alexander’s success. I’ve seen 1 similar show on here about him and his reforms to the Macedonian military. That’s it. It was more detailed about exactly what he did but less about the results and how he crushed the Greek states like you went into. 🙌
Hey my name is Matt and im an archaeologist, I like your videos and i think you should add a video on the iron age of india
Thanks! I hope to go more into depth with India, especially Maurya, Indo-Greek and Gupta. Perhaps in late 2023. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!
There is a good book titled Philip and Alexander, by Adrian Goldsworthy.
It covers Philip quite extensively and makes it clear that there is no Alexander The Great without his father. It is a good read.
I have that book, it's great! I have a few others from him on Rome as well, he's a great historian. Thanks for watching!
Hello Cy, i am doing a bavandid campaign in crusader kingdoms 2 and i need your help in name cities. I would like the translantion. to "City of" in middle persian. I am in doubt about using "abad" because i don't know if that term has arabic origin.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! So in Middle Persian city is "shahr" which can also mean country or area (like the suffix "-stan") or "place of." As for the suffix "-abad," I'm pretty sure that is of Persian origin. I can think of places in Iran, Central Asia and South Asia with "-abad" but can't think of Arabic city or town with it in the name. That's what I think but I could be wrong. Thanks for watching!
Well done but way too many commercials
🙂 whenever youre not posting videos, i wonder, when is he going to post a video?
Haha today is that day. Thanks so much for continuing to tune in, really appreciate it! Hope all is well on your end!
@@HistorywithCy 🙏
And now the 6 part series on Alexander
Oh God can't wait to out a lot of content good 'ole Alex. One of my specialties actually... Achaemenid Empire and Alexander. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
Phillip and Alexander would have made a great team when invading Persia. Phillip's political acumen may have made a more permanent empire Alexander really needed a restraining hand, brilliant warrior that he was he appears politically naive. You can take an empire but you have to keep it.
Nice
Thanks!
What if you made a discord?
Hi. Pls make video about nomadic Bulgars and battles of First Bulgarian Empire 🌝
MAKEDONIJA 25 CENTURIES ! ! Bulgaria 140 years. Empire...@
Alexander later burned Thebes to its foundations and left no two stones touching. I wonder what Philip would have thought of that.
Alexander the Great's mother said his father was not of this world.
Yes, of Zeus!
And Plutarch said the Oracle of Ammon told him his father was Zeus
If anyone's searching a good strategy video game covering Philip II of Macedon, then look no further than "Hegemony: Philip of Macedon", meanwhile expanded into "Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece" and featuring historical campaigns for Philip's unification of Greece and also the Peloponnesian Wars.🖥💻👍
Oto make Greece before 190 years. there is no "ancient greek".
Macedon really was the Classical version of Russia: located on the fringe of its civilzation, and usually viewed as somewhat alien, maybe uncultured. However, being on the fringe allowed it to settle nomadic territory, full of empty space that allowed for astounding growth. At the moment, things seem to be late into the hellenistic period, when the southern polises were increasingly unable to face Macedonian threats without aid from the Romans.
MAKEDONSKI NAROD 25 VEKA od KRAL FILIP ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Μίλα ελληνόφωνο, βάρβαρο
M A C E D O N I A N S 25 CENTURIES from KING PHILIP ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814ψυχοπαθής είσαι
Thank you for Supporting Hellenic History "Φίλιππος Β΄ ο Μακεδών (382 π.Χ. - 336 π.Χ.)" and thats Why most of the coins had his name "ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ" !
F I L I P MACEDONIAN NAME. English : PHILIP ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Φίλιππος is Μακεδονικό name
@@johnsabio6278 F I L I P MACEDONIAN NAME ! !
your.... ?
@@tatjanavelkova5814 we say the same , ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ is Μακεδονικό name.Philip or Filip are english names
@@johnsabio6278 F I L I P MACEDONIAN NAME ! ! !
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The Royal Tomb II was discovered in Vergina, Greece, in 1977. It contained a male skeleton and a rich array of grave goods. Evidence of trauma supposedly in the orbital bones of the skull has been thought to correspond to an eye injury that King Philip II is historically known to have suffered. However, reexamination of the orbital morphology showed no evidence of such pathology. Therefore, the skeleton does not belong to Philip II. New skeletal evidence shows that the skeleton belongs to King Philip III Arrhidaeus. In this case, the tomb may well contain some of the paraphernalia of Alexander the Great.
Hades: Phillip who?
Phillip: Phillip 2
Hades: not sure 🤔 I follow
Phil: I’m alex’s dad
Hades: oh yeah, u could a juz told me that up front man 👨
Phil: 🤬😡🤯
🤣🤣🤣 love it! Thanks for watching!
Your sure right, wasn't for Alexander Father Phillip he could have never ever become Alexander the Great.
Because Phillips set the foundation for his son, especially by getting Alexander his own personal philosopher teacher and the greatest of time Aristotle
Yeah, agreed. Philip was in my opinion Alexander's main influence, plus I really think part of his motivation was that he also wanted to outdo his father. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
"Most Greeks looked down on Macedonians"?! A few Athenian politicians were certainly not "most Greeks"!
"Ancient allegations that the Macedonians were non-Greek all had their origin in Athens at the time of the struggle with Philip II. Then as now, political struggle created the prejudice. The orator Aeschines once even found it necessary, to counteract the prejudice vigorously fomented by his opponents, to defend Philip on this issue and describe him at a meeting of the Athenian Popular Assembly as being 'ENTIRELY GREEK'. Demosthenes' allegations were lent an appearance of credibility by the fact, apparent to every observer, that the life-style of the Macedonians, being determined by specific geographical and historical conditions, was different to that of a Greek city-state. This alien way of life was, however, common to western Greeks of Epirus, Akarnania and Aitolia, as well as to the Macedonians, and THEIR FUNDAMENTAL GREEK NATIONALITY WAS NEVER DOUBTED. Only as a consequence of the political disagreement with Macedonia was the issue raised at all."
Errington 1994, p. 4: Errington, Malcolm (1994). A History of Macedonia. Barnes Noble.
I grew up watching Xena & they apparently said all of these city names wrong 😂 and there was a Perdiccas! He died 😢
Philip was invited to Sparta, did he ever visit? Philip's Son was he ever in Sparta?
This is Princess Aurora from sleeping beauty’s husband Phillip 💕
My assumption as to why Philip didn't try to conquer Greece by force is that he was aware that the only thing that could unite the squabbling Greek poleis was the threat of a more powerful foreign invader. He tried to avoid that image at all costs, instead preferring to appoint himself the head of various city-leagues rather than declaring himself an outright overlord. He also went to some lengths to frame himself as a protector of Greece against the Persian menace, provoking Greece's oldest nemesis into a fight in order to create a common enemy for the Greeks.
Lastly, I think the way he had Alexander educated is also a reflection of Phillip's understanding of Greek values. He understood that he would always be looked down on by the Greeks as an upstart barbarian, so he made sure to give his son the most elite Greek education possible to give him every possible advantage as the future leader of Greece.
The Hellenes screwed up a lot in their egoistic and elitist blindness (as always), and today's so-called The same programmed matrix was imposed on the Greeks, that's why they are losers to this day and someone works them like imbeciles using their beautiful geography
he was a greek the athenians just had a very big idea for themselves
24 veka od FILIP KRAL do 1913 TERITORIJA NA MAKEDONIJA
Kavala-----------Solun-----------Halkidiki----------Pella so Egejsko more .
@@tatjanavelkova5814Psycho!!!
Phillip ran so Alexander could floor it in a Bugatti
The father as you said.....
It was really "Phillip the Great" and Alexander the Instrument of Greatness.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT -- TSAR. PHILIP KING ON MAKEDONIJA ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814MACEDONIA 🇬🇷
Well sir u hv 26 decimal,Rest is demo. Will and better 100 km in Area of start to m.
Диоген во своите - Филипики ја дал вистината за Македонија.
What?...
Τι?
@@HistorywithCy
yes... probably so....
@@HistorywithCy
down the rabbit hole...
@@jonerlandson1956 you do know this a history video right? Just making sure
@@iexist3919
ya know... sometimes i'm not... but this one sounded ok...
Have you heard of Toussaint - The Haitian Slave who beat the superpowers France- twice, Spain and Britain?
Well done! Phillip got more of his ideas from Iphicrates (Greek General) than the Thebans.
PHILIP have own ideas and strategy ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814STOP THE PROPAGANDA
If the assassin was working for the Persians, the Persians really fucked up
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Alexander....the collin farell movie, i really hated how they portrayed phillip as a dumb drunk
Excellent up and coming channel! Can’t wait for more
Thanks! No worries, lots more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!
The helmet that you showing is called Illyrian helmet is not macedonian type
The Argead dynasty (Greek: Ἀργεάδαι, romanized: Argeádai), also known as the Temenid dynasty (Greek: Τημενίδαι, Tēmenídai) was an ancient Macedonian royal house of Dorian Greek provenance. They were the founders and the ruling dynasty of the kingdom of Macedon from about 700 to 310 BC.
before 25 centuries FILIP MACEDONIAN KINGDOM ! ! ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814MACEDONIANS ARE GREEKS 🇬🇷
MACEDONIA,, az én királyom de Alexander made even perhaps greater, he made base, yes his father was Philip the second! Like who was there. Not knowing because they were there. Ok great movie about Alexander the great. sad that we dont live forever
Wonderful love it! great channel! my channel has an interview with one of King Philip's Sarissa Phalanx Soldiers, hope you like it, i will grow my channel if people like the format.