2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
King of Macedon — who conquered Persia, Egypt, and the borders of India in 13 years before his death at 32 — creating the largest empire the ancient world had seen — whose conquests spread Greek culture (Hellenism) across three continents.
King of Macedon — who transformed Macedon from a peripheral semi-barbaric kingdom into the dominant power in Greece — inventor of the Macedonian phalanx (sarissa pike formation), the combined arms system — and father of Alexander the Great, who inherited his military machine.