Philip II of Macedon was a Macedonian king (359-336), who started the conquest of Greece (347 BC) financed by the gold mines of the Pangeu region, which with the final submission (356 BC) transformed Macedonia into the greatest power in the ancient Greece and laid the foundations for the Hellenic expansion, carried out by his son Alexander III, Alexander the Great. Son of Amintas III, as a child he witnessed the disintegration of the Macedonian kingdom, while his older brothers Alexander II and Perdicas III struggled against the insubordination of the local aristocracy, the attack of Thebes and the invasion of the Illyrians. He succeeded Perdicas III on the Macedonian throne (359 BC) and, after reestablishing and even expanding the country's borders, consolidated them by establishing colonies and seized the mining region of Pangeu, where he obtained the gold necessary to mint his own currency, Filippia.
Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, son of Emperor Fellipe II of Macedonia and Olympia, princess of Epirus, was born between 20 and 30 July, 356 BC, in the region of Pella in Babylon.
Alexander, conqueror of the Persian Empire, was one of the most important soldiers in the ancient world.
In his childhood he was tutored by Aristotle, who taught him rhetoric and literature, and stimulated his interest in science, medicine and philosophy.
In the summer of 336 BC, his father, Philip II, was assassinated and Alexander ascended the throne of Macedonia, beginning the trajectory of one of the greatest conquerors in history.
