One ruler of this kingdom was held hostage by Epaminondas, and received the Laconic reply "if" after threatening to brutalize Sparta.
One ruler of this kingdom was held hostage by Epaminondas, and received the Laconic reply "if" after threatening to brutalize Sparta. This empire defeated traditional phalanxes by pioneering a very long spear called the sarissa. At Chaeronea, its army smashed the Sacred Band of Thebes. Its Phillip V lost to Rome, and Demosthenes spoke out against the earlier Phillip II. It reached its largest extent after one ruler defeated Darius III at Issus and Gaugamela, getting all the way to India before dying at age 33. For 10 points, name this Greek state and namesake of a former Yugoslav republic, which expanded into an empire under Alexander the Great.
One ruler of this kingdom was held hostage by Epaminondas, and received the Laconic reply "if" after threatening to brutalize Sparta.
Macedonia [accept Makedonia]