Philip Masters Greece

Philip subdued Thracians, helped Thessalians defeat their tyrant, and gained fine cavalry. The Sacred War arose when Phocians took Apollo's land and robbed Delphi. The council could not defeat them; Philip offered help. The Greeks let him in, and he crushed the rebels. In reward, he became council president and leader of the Pythian games. He returned to Macedon, waiting. His gold bought allies. Finally he marched against Athens and Thebes. They met at Chaeronea. Demosthenes, no soldier, fled when bushes caught his cloak—begging for his life. Meanwhile his friends died bravely. Alexander, age eighteen, commanded one wing and destroyed the Sacred Battalion. Philip was master of Greece. He planned to conquer Persia but was murdered by Pausanias.