king philip ii

King Philip II is mentioned a lot in history books when he was the king of the successful campaign of unification of the ancient Greek city states (except Sparta).

A series of 16th-century cannons were discovered on the seabed off northwestern Ireland when the wreck of the Spanish ship was exposed after major storms over the past two years.

Ancient bones within a royal tomb in northern Greece were identified as King Philip II of Macedonia, father of Alexander the Great.