The cuirass, helmet and shield of Philip II at the Royal Tombs of Aigai.
This Many Years Ago2363 years ago, on the 2nd of August 338 BCE, Philip II of Macedonia defeated Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, establishing Macedonian hegemony in Greece. Phillip then was voted as strategos for a Hellenic war on the Persian Empire. #otd #history 🗃️