Greece - Age of Alexander the Great, Part 1/5

Part one of this five-part series focuses on the rise of Phillip II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great. Phillip organizes a corps of engineers to design and build new instruments of war, an innovation which changed forever how wars would be fought and won. Combining cavalry with infantry, PhillipÕs engineers develop phalanx technology which makes the Macedonian army invincible. A good overview to use with a study of Phillip and Alexander.