Date: 1893
The person of the king was immediately surrounded by a number of youths, sons of the Macedonian nobles, from whom was chosen a still more select corps of body-guards.  The army was strengthened by an effective siege train, the formation of which had been commenced by Philip, and which comprised the best engines for battering walls and projecting missiles that the world was then capable of producing.  The com position of the army, so far as nationality was concerned, presented several varieties ; but the Greek element was not very strong.