Philip II Of Macedon Born April 18th

Philip II was born April 18th, 382 BCE in Macedon, an ancient kingdom situated on the northern and eastern sections of the Greek peninsula. Philip was youngest son of king Amyntas III and Eurydice I. The young prince was held as a hostage for several years by the city state of Thebes, who gave him an education and military training. During this period he lived with a high ranking general who was himself a vocal supporter of the Sacred Band of Thebes, a company of 150 male couples who were the elite fighting force of Thebes. The prince returned to Macedon in 364. With the death of two older brothers and further political maneuverings Philip assumed the throne of Macedon. Philip would later marry Olympias and together they had a son whom we refer to today as Alexander the Great. Like his son and a large proportion of other ancient Greek men, Philip is known to have had affairs with men. Philip seemed to have a thing for men named Pausanias, being involved with two men with this name, the first man becoming jealous and enraged to the point of assassinating Philip.

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