Rise of Macedon

The rise of Macedon, from a small kingdom at the periphery of classical Greek affairs to one which came to dominate the entire Hellenic world (and beyond), occurred in the span of just 25 years, between 359 and 336 BC. This ascendancy is largely attributable to the personality and policies of Philip II (r. 359–336 BC).

Sources

Intact and relatively detailed histories of Greece cover the period ca. 500–362 BC, in the form of Herodotus's The Histories, Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, and Xenophon's Hellenica. However, no extant history specifically covers the relevant period of Greek history (359-336 BC).

The main source for the period is Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historica, written in the 1st century BC, which is therefore a secondary source. Diodorus devotes Book XVI to the period of Philip's reign, but the action is much compressed, and due to the scope of the work, this book also contains details of happenings during the same period elsewhere in the ancient world. Diodorus is often derided by modern historians for his style and inaccuracies, but he preserves many details of the ancient period found nowhere else. Diodorus worked primarily by epitomizing the works of other historians, omitting many details where they did not suit his purpose, which was to illustrate moral lessons from history; his account of the period therefore contains many gaps.

Greek Empire

Greek Empire (Greek: Ελληνική Αυτοκρατορία, Ellīnikī́ Aytokratoría) can refer to the following:

Classical Greece

Hellenistic civilization

In the Hellenistic period, Greek Empire can refer to any individual or all successor states of the Diadochi:

Middle Ages

In the Middle Ages, Greek Empire can refer to:

The term can also refer to any individual Byzantine successor state that was formed after the first fall of Constantinople in 1204: