Biographies of King Phillip II, Alexander the Great, and Darius III

Today I will be writing biographies of King Phillip II, Alexander the Great, and Dariuis III. The first biography will be of King Phillip II. Phillip II was born around 382 BC. He had grown up being apart of generation long ruler ship of Macedonia in Greece. He had two older brothers who were expected to take the throne before Phillip II would. During some of his younger years he spent some time as a hostage in a place called Thebes( A strong Greek city-state). This time spent there around 370 BC was very beneficial to him because this is where he was able to learn about military strategies. He then returned to Macedonia carried on the legacy of ruling Macedonia to become king in in 359 BC. This happened after his two brothers had passes, so he took over the throne. He was a strong military leader and hoped to avenge the Persian invasion of Greece. He carried on many victories for Macedonia with his strategic and brilliant war strategies of the phalanx formation or his use of cavalry. His final victory was the battle of Chaeronea where Macedonia defeated the Greeks. He was seen as a threat to surrounding cities due to his power. He was killed by being stabbed by a a former guardsman in 336 BC. The next biography will be of Alexander the Great. Alexander was born in 356 BC and he was the son of King Phillip II. Around the age of 13, Alexanders father requested that one of the most well known philosophers at named Aristotle to tutor Alexander. At the age of 16 he was first introduced to the idea of him ruling Macedonia as his father went to war. Just like his father, Alexander had a strong knowledge of war strategies and had the potential to be a great leader. He became king in 336 BC after his father had been assassinated while Alexander was only around 20 years old. Around 6,000 Thebans had attempted to rebel, but Alexander showed his strength by either selling the survivors into slavery or killing the others. This when the people began to respect and listen to him. After this, he finally wanted to carry out his fathers wishes of invading Persia so he gather thousands of soldiers to invade. This was one of his most major victories as he conquered the Persian empire.At the age of 32, Alexander became extremely ill and ended up passing away. The final biography will be of Darius III. Darius III was born around 380 BC. He grew up in a wealthy and royal family. He took over the throne of part of the Persian Empire around 336-330 BC. He was also the last leader from the Achaemenid Empire and legacy. The biggest defeat he had faced was when Alexander the Great had invaded their empire and took over. Darius III attempted to send peace offerings and agreements to Alexander, but Alexander rejected all of them. This is when Darius III quickly became desperate to not lose his empire. Darius was later captured and murdered in a desert at the age of 50. This was the biographies of Phillip II, Alexander the Great, and Darius III.