Philip of Macedon

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Philip was a genius of extraordinary versatility. Inheriting a kingdom near to collapse, he made Macedonia the greatest military power in the Western world and left to his son Alexander the strongest state in Eastern Europe. This book gives full attention to the Macedonian state and the Macedonian people who made Philip's success possible, and to the high level of culture and of artistic skills revealed by recent archaeological discoveries.

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N.G.L. Hammond was Professor of Greek at Gonville and Caius College, and an Honorary Fellow of Clare College, University of Cambridge. His publications include The History of Macedonia, Philip of Macedon and Studies in Greek History; he collaborated on The Oxford Classical Dictionary and The Cambridge Ancient History.