While held hostage in the city of Thebes, Philip II of Macedon is afforded a top tier military education, profoundly impacting the astute young man. This happening as the Kingdom of Macedon wrestles with internal court intrigues and murder, before facing a renewed wave of foreign incursions that ends in disaster and the death of the reigning king. Having returned to this homeland, Philip is elected as the interim leader in 359 BCE, using diplomatic guile and cunning to save the realm for the edge of collapse while buying valuable time to begin molding the Macedonian army into an unrivalled force.
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Scipio Africanus - Part 4 (Deficits in the Roman High Command)
Scipio Africanus - Part 3 (Dark Omens and Ill Tidings)
Scipio Africanus - Part 2 (The Second Punic War Begins)
Leonidas I - Part 2/2 (The Battle of Thermopylae)
Leonidas I - Part 1/2 (The Spartan State Above All)
Scipio Africanus - Part 1 (Virtues and Expectations)
Judah Maccabee ”The Hammer” - Part 3/3 (The War for Judean Independence)
Judah Maccabee ”The Hammer” - Part 2/3 (The Guerrilla Campaign)
Judah Maccabee ”The Hammer” - Part 1/3 (Origins of the Maccabean Revolt)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 7/7 (Descent into Madness)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 6/7 (A King of Kings)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 5/7 (Perseverance and Unassailable Power)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 4/7 (The One Favored by God)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 3/7 (Servant of the Shah)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 2/7 (From Soldier to Warlord to General)
Nader (Nadir) Shah - Part 1/7 (Harsh Realities of a Crumbling Empire)
Philip II of Macedon - Part 7/7 (The Macedonian Hegemony of Greece)
Interview with Professor Barry Strauss (Ancient Military Leadership and Attributes for Greatness)
Philip II of Macedon - Part 6/7 (Recognition and Respect)
Philip II of Macedon - Part 5/7 (Wielding the Strength of the Gods)
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