# Philip II of Macedon

> The king who turned a backwater into the superpower that bent Greece to its knee — then was murdered on the eve of his Persian invasion, leaving his son to inherit an empire.

*King of Macedon from 359 to 336 BC*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/philip-ii-of-macedon

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** -385
- **Died:** -336
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Philip II became king of Macedon in 359 BC, inheriting a kingdom on the margins of Greek affairs. Over the next two decades, he transformed it through military reform — the Macedonian phalanx, combined arms, siege engines — and shrewd diplomacy and marriage alliances. In 338 BC he crushed Athens and Thebes at Chaeronea, then forged the Greek city-states into the Hellenic League with himself as hegemon and commander. He was planning an invasion of the Achaemenid Empire when Pausanias of Orestis, a royal bodyguard, assassinated him in October 336 BC. His son Alexander took the throne and carried out the Persian campaign in his place.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 68.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 26.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 4.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #108

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130650)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Philip%20II%20of%20Macedon)
- [فيليب الثاني المقدوني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [فيليب التانى المقدونى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89)
- [Filipu II de Macedonia](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipu_II_de_Macedonia)
- [ایکینجی مقدونیه لی فیلیپ](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%87_%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE)
- [Makedoniyalı II Filip](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makedoniyal%C4%B1_II_Filip)
- [Philip II saking Makedonia](https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_saking_Makedonia)
- [Філіп II Македонскі](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF_II_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)
- [Филип II Македонски](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF_II_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [ম্যাসিডনের দ্বিতীয় ফিলিপ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA)
- [Fulup II Makedonia](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulup_II_Makedonia)
- [Filip II Makedonski](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_II_Makedonski)
- [Filip II de Macedònia](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_II_de_Maced%C3%B2nia)
- [Filip II. Makedonský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_II._Makedonsk%C3%BD)
- [Philip II, brenin Macedon](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II%2C_brenin_Macedon)
- [Filip 2. af Makedonien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_2._af_Makedonien)
- [Philipp II. (Makedonien)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_II._(Makedonien))
- [Φίλιππος Β΄ της Μακεδονίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Filipo la 2-a (Makedonio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipo_la_2-a_(Makedonio))
- [Filipo II de Macedonia](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipo_II_de_Macedonia)
- [Philippos II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippos_II)
- [Filipo II.a Mazedoniakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipo_II.a_Mazedoniakoa)
- [فیلیپ دوم مقدونی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philipp_II._von_Makedonien)
- [Wikiquote](https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filippo_II_di_Macedonia)
- [Wikiquote](https://la.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philippus_II_(Macedonum_rex))
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Filip_II_Macedo%C5%84ski)

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