Rise of Macedon

Main towns in Macedon

• Aegae

• Pella

Natural resources

• Timber
  - Athens was interested during the Pelo war

• metals

Were Macedonians Greeks?

• Herodotus was convinced they were
  - Macedonians themselves also presented this image
  - Writes about how they competed at the contest at Olympia

• Demosthenes, Third Philippic 31
  - addressing the Athenian people
  - claims they are the worst
  - not Greeks, not even a barbarian

Sources

• Diodorus: writing centuries later  
  - end of c1 BCE 
    - writing about the mid c4 BCE  
  - writing a world history  
      - account of Philip is not the most in depth  
  - wide scope for errors or omissions  

• Pompeius Trogus was contemporary of Diodorus 
  - and Justin was using parts of his work  

• Demosthenes: was writing speeches to an audience who already had knowledge  
  - aim was persuasion  

• Aeschines: didn't hate Macedon as much as Dem  
  - but most of his speeches were aimed at Dem (with whom he had beef)  

What was the most powerful state in mainland Greece 370s and 360s BCE

Thebes

• Defeated Sparta in battle

• demanded hostages from Macedon to secure good relations

Instability in Macedonian leadership

• Before Philip the last few previous kings hadn’t lasted more than 3 years

When does Philip become king

359 BCE
- age 23