2006-11-04 08:12:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
He organized the army according to the Epaminondas (The Thebean General) principles.
He introduced the 6 meters long spears.
He organized his army in groups which could be fully covered by their shields, when the archers were shooting.
He made the soldiers professionals, while the other Greeks were citizens of their cities and soldiers when the need appeared.
Mainly he was smashing the weak opponents, "buy" the strong and get married to the daughter of the king of the stronger kingdoms!
He hired Aristotle to raise and educate Alexandre and his friends (about 400)!
2006-11-08 06:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain
2006-11-04 18:27:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋