At length Philip, the King of Macedon, projected a renewal of these attempts, under a far more formidable organization, and with a grander object.

He managed to have himself appointed captain-general of all Greece not for the purpose of a mere foray into the Asiatic satrapies, but for the overthrow of the Persian dynasty in the very centre of its power.

Assassinated while his preparations were incomplete, he was succeeded by his son Alexander, then a youth.

A general assembly of Greeks at Corinth had unanimously elected him in his father's stead.

There were some disturbances in Illyria; Alexander had to march his army as far north as the Danube to quell them.