Philip II of Macedon

8.2: Philip II of Macedon

Struck down in his prime on the day of his daughter’s wedding in 336 BC, the murder of Philip shocked ancient Greece.

This episode includes a narrative telling of the assassination, before going on to consider the lives of Philip and his much more famous son, Alexander the Great. Then we ask the question: To what extent can we say that the assassin’s blade, plunged into Philip’s heart that fateful day, changed the course of world history?