Who conquered Greece in 338 B.C.?

Answer 1

Actually, it was Philip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great, who conquered Greece. The decisive battle was held at Chaeronea in 338 B.C. Alexandre was then commander of the cavalry.

Answer 2

Who Conquered Greece

Answer 3

Alexader The Great

Alexander the Great 356BC -- 323BC King of Macedonia. Born at Pella in 356 B.C. to the first wife of King Philip II of Macedonia. At age 20, Alexander became the king of Macedon, the leader of the Corinthian League, and the conqueror of Persia. He succeeded in forging the largest Western empire of the ancient world.

As a teenager, Alexander was educated by the Athenian philosopher Aristotle. By the year 337 B.C. all of the Greek city-states had been conquered or forced into an alliance by King Philip II. He was planning to lead their joint forces in an invasion of the Persian Empire when he was assassinated in 336 B.C. at the wedding of Alexander's sister to the king of one his vassal states. Alexander succeeded to the throne of Macedonia at the age of 19. The unhappy Greeks immediately revolted but were quickly put down by Alexander who quickly showed his genius as a military leader. Having subdued all of Greece, he picked up his father's plan and headed east to fight the Persians.

Alexander's army crossed the Hellespont--now called the Dardanelles--in the spring of 334 B.C. He stopped at the site of the ancient Greek city of Troy, scene of Homer's Iliad. He met the Persians in battle for the first time on the Granicus River,

Answer 4

The Macedonian Forces under Philip II with onfield generalship of Alexander the Great. The Macedonians invaded a divided Greece and unified them under the name of an "inferior" Macedonia according to the Grecian city-states.

Answer 5

Greece
After his significant victory over the Locrians, Philip II of Macedon swiftly enters Phocis. He then turns south-east down the Cephissus valley, seizes Elateia and restores the fortifications of the city.
Athens arranges an alliance with Euboea, Megara, Achaea, Corinth, Acarnania and some other states in the Peloponnese. However, the most desirable ally for Athens is Thebes. Therefore, Athenian leader, Demosthenes, goes to the Boeotian city and secures an alliance with Thebes despite the efforts of a Macedonian deputation to persuade Thebes to join with Macedon. In return, Athens agrees to Thebes' controlling Boeotia, Thebes being in command solely on land and jointly at sea, and Athens paying two thirds of the campaign's cost.
2 August - Philip II of Macedon defeats the Athenians and Thebans at the Battle of Chaeronea in western Boeotia. His son, Alexander commands the left wing of the Macedonian army during the battle.
In victory, Philip II is harsh on Thebes, but merciful on Athens, thanks to the efforts of the Athenian orator and diplomat, Demades, who helps negotiate a peace agreement between Macedonia and Athens.
Philip II advances into the Peloponnese. He defeats Thessaly, subdues Sparta and summons a Pan-Hellenic Congress at Corinth. This results in the establishment of Macedonian hegemony over central Greece (including Athens).
Athenian statesman and orator, Lycurgus, is given control of the state’s finances and goes about doubling the annual public revenues.
King Archidamus III of Sparta, after five years of campaigning in southern Italy, fails to achieve any decisive results and while leading a mercenary army to help Tarentum against the Lucanians, he is killed with most of his troops at Manduria in Calabria.
King Archidamus III is succeeded as the Eurypontid King of Sparta by his son, Agis III.

Answer 6

Alexander the Great

Answer 7

Alexander The Great and he did it surprisingly fast too. read up on it, it's one of the more interesting battles of that period.

Answer 8

It was me ... sorry.