 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Philip II akawana simba apo mukoma wake mukuru Perdiccas III weMacedonia akakundwa ndokuurawa muhondo nemauto aBardylis. Achishandisa unyanzvi hwokukurukurirana, Philip II akakwanisa kuita rugare nevaIlyria, vaThrace, vaPaeonia, uye vaAtene vaityisidzira miganhu yake. Izvi zvakamubvumira nguva yekugadzirisa zvakanyanya mauto ekare eMacedonia, achigadzira phalanx yeMacedonia iyo yaizova yakakosha pakubudirira kweumambo hwake mukukunda Girisi, kunze kweSparta. Zvishoma nezvishoma akawedzera simba rake rezvematongerwo enyika nekuumba mubatanidzwa wemuchato nemasimba ekunze, achiparadza Chalcidian League muHondo yeOlynthian 349348 BC, uye achiva nhengo yakasarudzwa yeThessalian neAmphictyonic Leagues nekuda kwebasa rake mukukunda Phocis muHondo Tsvene yechitatu356346 BC. Mushure mekukunda kwevaMacedonia pamusoro pemubatanidzwa waitungamirwa neAthens neThebes muhondo yeChaeronea muna 338 BC, Philip akatanga mubatanidzwa weKorinde uye akasarudzwa semutongi wayo achitarisira kutungamira kupamba kweGreek kwakabatana kweAchaemenid Humambo pasi pehutongi hweMacedonia. Zvisinei, apo Philip II akaurayiwa nemumwe wevarindi vake, akatsiviwa nemwanakomana wake Alexander III, anozivikanwa saAlexander Mukuru , uyo akapinda muAchaemenid Egypt neAsia uye akadonhedza kutonga kwaDarius III, uyo akamanikidzwa kutizira kuBactria muyava kunzi Afghanistan uko akaurayiwa nemumwe wehama dzake, Bessus. Uyu aida chigaro choumambo pakupedzisira akaurayiwa naAlexander, asi pakupedzisira akafa nechirwere chisingazivikanwi pazera remakore 32, rufu rwacho rwakakonzera Kupatsanurwa kweBhabhironi nevakuru vake vekare, diadochi, mukuru pakati pavo ari Antipater, mutongi waAlexander IV weMakedhoniya . Chiitiko ichi chakatanga nguva yechiGiriki kuWest Asia nenyika yeMediterranean, zvichitungamirira kukuumbwa kwoumambo hwaPtolemy, hwaSeleucid, uye hwaAttalid munzvimbo dzaimbova noumambo hwaAlexander. 