Philip ( grc, Φίλιππος), son of Menelaus was a

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

ian general of Alexander from the beginning of the Asiatic expedition. In the battle of Granicus (334 BC) he commanded the allied cavalry from Peloponnesus. In the

battle of Gaugamela The Battle of Gaugamela (; grc, Γαυγάμηλα, translit=Gaugámela), also called the Battle of Arbela ( grc, Ἄρβηλα, translit=Árbela), took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great a ...

(331 BC) the

Thessalian cavalry The army of the Kingdom of Macedon was among the greatest military forces of the ancient world. It was created and made formidable by King Philip II of Macedon; previously the army of Macedon had been of little account in the politics of the Gre ...

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*Who's who in the age of Alexander the Great Page 212 Ancient Macedonian generals 4th-century BC Greek people {{AncientGreece-bio-stub