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Why did king Philip the second of Macedonia take an interest in conquering Greece

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He wanted to secure the place of Macedonia as dominant among the Greek states, to establish peace in the Greek world, and divert Greek energy to support his upcoming invasion of the Persian Empire, without Greek uprisings threatening his home base in his absence.
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