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Philip II of Macedon (382–36 BCE) inherited a small kingdom and made it the dominant power in Greece; his son and heir Alexander the Great (356–23 BCE) not only overthrew the Persian Empire but conquered territory as distant as India. Alexander and his military triumphs have received the lion's share of popular and scholarly attention, but Goldsworthy's dual biography asserts the importance of both men, further positing that while both were brilliant a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More