Hellenism The Spread of Greek Culture Philip of Macedonia Macedonia was a small country north of Greece In 359 BC, Philip became King of Macedonia As a boy Philip was held hostage in Thebes for 3 years He thought of himself as Greek Philip as king Created a professional army with full time paid soldiers Equipped his soldiers with 18 foot lances, slingshots, and bows and arrows and used the phalanx formation Bribed Greek officials to make decisions he wanted Found ways for the city-states to fight each other Made a treaty with a polis (sometimes through marriage: he had 7 wives) and then broke it Invaded Greece in 338 BC and defeated Athens and Thebes to take control of Greece In 336 BC, Philip was murdered.***