Philip II of Macedon

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Philip_II_of_Macedon
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
Person
gptkbp:birthYear 382 BC
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Vergina
gptkbp:causeOfDeath Assassination
gptkbp:child gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Thessalonike_of_Macedon
gptkb:Caranus
gptkb:Cynane
gptkb:Europa_of_Macedon
gptkb:Philip_III_Arrhidaeus
gptkbp:coinDepiction gptkb:Head_of_Zeus
Horseman
gptkbp:deathYear 336 BC
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Argead_dynasty
gptkbp:education Hostage in Thebes
gptkbp:ethnicity Macedonian
gptkbp:father gptkb:Amyntas_III
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Classical_Greece
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Philip II of Macedon
gptkbp:killedBy gptkb:Pausanias_of_Orestis
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Macedon
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:legacy Expansion of Macedonian power
Preparation for Persian invasion
gptkbp:militaryInnovation gptkb:Macedonian_phalanx
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Eurydice_I_of_Macedon
gptkbp:notableAchievement Military reforms
Father of Alexander the Great
Unification of Greece under Macedonian hegemony
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Chaeronea
gptkb:Battle_of_Crocus_Field
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Formation_of_the_League_of_Corinth
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Pella
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Aegae
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Perdiccas_III
gptkbp:reignEnd 336 BC
gptkbp:reignStart 359 BC
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Ancient_Greek_religion
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Olympias
gptkb:Cleopatra_Eurydice
gptkb:Phila
gptkb:Philinna
Nicesipolis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Epaminondas
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:Hegemon_of_the_League_of_Corinth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4