Philip II of Macedon

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Philip II of Macedon - king of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)

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At the same time, Greece also claimed that using Macedonia's name officially was an attempt to annex the ancient civilisation of Macedonia, which was a Greek Kingdom ruled by Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great.

Macedonia name row: Greek PM survives no-confidence vote

Caption: Monument of Philip II of Macedon in Thessaloniki, Greece (Courtesy Tilemahos Efthimiadis)

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Sparta learned this in the first third of the fourth century at the hands of Epaminondas' Thebans, and later, Philip II of Macedon.

The Spartan Regime: Its character, origins, and grand strategy

PHILIP II OF MACEDON taught his son Alexander the Great, "An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer." The man on the cover of this month's issue, coach Mike Krzyzewski, is a lion.