In less than four years he had transformed Macedonia from a backward and primitive kingdom to one of the most powerful states in the Greek world. (Peter Green)

In less than four years he had transformed Macedonia from a backward and primitive kingdom to one of the most powerful states in the Greek world.

Peter Green

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