Life
- King of Macedonia
- Lived 382–336 BC
- He was taken hostage to Thebes for much of his youth (during the Theban hegemony)
- He learned military arts and diplomacy at the court of Epaminondas
- Assassinated at the wedding of his daughter
Rule
- Afer becoming the king of Macedonia in 359 BC, he reformed the kingdom
- Established authority over hill tribes surrounding Macedonia in 358 BC
- Expanded Macedonian influence over Thrace
- For example, taking the Thracian city of Amphipolis associated with its gold mines
- For the rest of his life he continued the Macedonian Conquest of Greece
