# Philip of Macedon — The Prince character guide

> Philip of Macedon in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Philip, Philip of Macedon

**First appearance:** 0010-iv-why-the-kingdom-of-darius-conquered-by-alexander-did-not-rebel-against-the-successors-of-alexander-at-his-death

## Who they are

Father of Alexander the Great, who unified Greece through military reform.

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