358 bc

In 358 BC, Philip II of Macedon embarked on a campaign against Bardylis, the king of the Dardanians, to recover areas of Upper Macedonia. In OTL, the battle of Erigon Valley neutralized the immediate Dardanian threat and gave Philip II much needed breathing room to concentrate on other threats...

Philip II of Macedon is widely credited for transforming Macedon from an irrelevant backwater into the premier military power of all of Hellas. He is known for his military reforms, which essentially created the Hellenistic model of warfare used by Alexander and his successors, and for his...