Both societies were critically weakened by the war against eachtoher. As the Spartans got money and became more wealthy, it undermined their basic social structure Both groups were diminished A small group called the Thebans became more prominent the rise of Philip of Macedon became extremely popular – Thebans wanted to ensure the cooperation of other cities, the Theban king demanded hostages for his country. Philip was the son of Amyntas and _______ . he was sent to Thebes and it is there where he learnt greek ways. He also became the lover of the king and met the kings son – Epamindodas. Thebans had the best and strongest military – they were famous for the secret band that was made up of men and their lovers – They were terrifying The Thebans refined the basic war materials using angles and shapes. The kings sone ( the slave one) stole the idea of the Thebans and adapeted a much longer spear sariisa – and when both his brothers were killed in battle, he took the throne in 359. He used greek persectibe, secured Macedonia and came into direct fight with the Athenians because they all wanted access to the black sea. He is also the earthly father of alexander the great – he married olympius and had a child but apparently Zeus was the father. He was spying on them having sex and then got stabbed in the eye by an arrow because he was. What were his methods? He was excellent with military, he had great organization skills, calvary, and adoped the Phalanx