Philip V was a young man when he came to the throne, like his namesake Philip took over the throne with Macedon in a precarious position. There was much he would have to do. Yet in the west the power of the Romans was growing, yet not unchallenged, with the rise of Hannibal, Philip saw his chance.
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Sources for the Episode.
By the Spear: Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Rise and Fall of the Macedonian Empire (Ancient Warfare and Civilization) By Ian Worthington
A Companion to Ancient Macedonia by Joseph Roisman and Ian Worthington
A History of Macedonia by R. Malcolm Errington
Alexander the Great  by R. Lane Fox
Alexander to Actium: The Hellenistic Age by P. Green
Antigonos the One-Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State (Hellenistic Culture and Society) by R. A Billows
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece (The Princeton History of the Ancient World) - Josiah Ober


Plutarch Translation - The Age of Alexander (Penguin Classics) by T. Duff


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