Philip II of Macedon was the father of the famous Alexander the Great. I noticed that not many people had written about him on the RPC forums, so I’m going sum up the life of the father of perhaps the greatest warrior of history.
Philip II was born in the year 382 B.C. He was the youngest son, and both his older brothers reined for a short time before him. He served as regent for his only nephew between the years 359 and 357 B.C. He was officially the king by that time. We don’t know exactly why he was king instead of serving as regent until his nephew became king, but so it was. He was a hostage in Thebes under his first brother, but his second brother brought him back. In Thebes, he learned military strategy, which would later help him win several military victories and enlarge Macedon’s border. Philip conquered most of Greece and dreamed of reaching Persia, and, while he didn’t make this accomplishment, his son did. When he had finished conquering Greece, Philip was blind in one eye and walked with a limp. He was getting ready to move into Persia when he went to a public event, where his bodyguard assassinated him. If Philip II hadn’t built up such a strong Macedonian army, his son probably wouldn’t conquered the largest empire at the time and even parts of India.