Philip II of Macedon transformed a depreciated, uncivilized backwater mountainous region into an imperial power over 20 years prior to 335 BC through military innovation and borrowed Greek tactics

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Victor Davis Hanson

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For 20 years prior to 335, Philip II of Macedon had taken a backwater area that was deprecated as uncivilized by Greeks and had forged a imperial power. He borrowed... and learned from the great master of Pamanondas about Greek military tactics.

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“The End of Everything,” with Victor Davis Hanson | Uncommon KnowledgeHoover Institution
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