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Alexander II (Greek
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Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ????a?d??? ??) was king of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
 from 370 – 368 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas II
Amyntas III of Macedon

Amyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II of Macedon, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 369 BC.He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus II of Macedon, the patron of art and literature....
. He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice. Although he had already attained his majority, Alexander was very young when he ascended to the throne. This caused immediate problems for the new king as enemies to the dynasty resumed war. Alexander was simultaneously faced with an Illyria
Illyria

'Illyria' was in Classical antiquity a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula, inhabited by tribes of Illyrians, an ancient people who spoke the Illyrian languages....
n invasion from the north-west and an attack from the east by the pretender Pausanias.






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Alexander II (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ????a?d??? ??) was king of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
 from 370 – 368 BC, following the death of his father Amyntas II
Amyntas III of Macedon

Amyntas III son of Arrhidaeus and father of Philip II of Macedon, was king of Macedon in 393 BC, and again from 392 to 369 BC.He came to the throne after the ten years of confusion which followed the death of Archelaus II of Macedon, the patron of art and literature....
. He was the eldest of the three sons of Amyntas and Eurydice. Although he had already attained his majority, Alexander was very young when he ascended to the throne. This caused immediate problems for the new king as enemies to the dynasty resumed war. Alexander was simultaneously faced with an Illyria
Illyria

'Illyria' was in Classical antiquity a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula, inhabited by tribes of Illyrians, an ancient people who spoke the Illyrian languages....
n invasion from the north-west and an attack from the east by the pretender Pausanias. Pausanias quickly captured several cities and threatened the queen mother, who was at the palace in Pella
Pella

Pella was the Capital of the Ancient Greece Monarchy of Macedon. A common folk etymology is traditionally given for the name Pella, ascribing it to a form akin to the Doric Greek Apella, originally meaning a ceremonial location where decisions were made....
 with her young sons. Alexander defeated his enemies with the help of the Athenian
Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
 general Iphicrates
Iphicrates

Iphicrates was an Athens general, the son of a shoemaker, who flourished in the earlier half of the 4th century BC.He owes his fame as much to the improvements he made in the equipment of the peltasts or light-armed mercenaries as to his military successes....
, who had been sailing along the Macedonian coast on the way to recapture Amphipolis
Amphipolis

Amphipolis was an Ancient Greece Greece Polis in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day Peripheries of Greece of Central Macedonia....
.

At the request of the Aleuadae
Aleuadae

The Aleuadae were an ancient Thessaly family of Larissa who claimed descent from the mythical Aleuas. The Aleuadae were the noblest and most powerful among all the families of Thessaly, whence Herodotus calls its members "rulers" or "kings" ....
, Alexander intervened in a civil war in Thessaly
Thessaly

Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa....
. He successfully gained control of Larissa
Larissa

Larissa is a city and the capital of the Thessaly Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. It is a principal agricultural centre and a national transportation hub, linked by rail with the port of Volos and with Thessaloniki and Athens....
 and several other cities but, betraying a promise he had made, put garrisons in them. This provoked a hostile reaction from Thebes
Thebes, Greece

Thebes is a city in Greece, situated to the north of the Cithaeron range, which divides Boeotia from Attica, Greece, and on the southern edge of the Boeotian plain....
, the leading military power in Greece
Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
 at the time. The Theban general Pelopidas
Pelopidas

Pelopidas was a Thebes, Greece statesman and general.He was a member of a distinguished family, and possessed great wealth which he expended on his friends, while content to lead the life of an athlete....
 drove the Macedonians from Thessaly. He then neutralized Alexander by favoring the ambitions of Alexander's brother-in-law Ptolemy of Aloros
Ptolemy of Aloros

Ptolemy of Aloros , was sent by King Amyntas, as an envoy to Athens c. 375-373 BC. After Amyntas' death, he began a liaison with his widow, Eurydice....
, and forced Alexander to abandon his alliance with Athens in favor of Thebes. As part of this new alliance, Alexander was compelled to hand over hostages, including his younger brother Philip
Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon,...
. Alexander was assassinated during a festival at the instigation of Ptolemy. Although Alexander's brother Perdiccas III became the next king, he was under age, and Ptolemy was appointed regent.

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