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ASSASSINATION OF PHILIP OF MACEDON 3
ASSASSINATION OF TIBERIUS GRACCHUS 11
ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR 25
ASSASSINATIONS OF TIBERIUS, CALIGULA, CLAUDIUS, NERO 35
ASSASSINATION OF HYPATIA 41
ASSASSINATION OF THOMAS ? BECKET 53
ASSASSINATION OF GESSLER 67
ASSASSINATION OF I?EZ DE CASTRO 77
ASSASSINATIONS OF RIZZIO AND DARNLEY 89
ASSASSINATION OF WILLIAM OF ORANGE 111
ASSASSINATIONS BY IVAN THE TERRIBLE 131
ASSASSINATION OF HENRY THE FOURTH OF FRANCE 147
ASSASSINATION OF WALLENSTEIN 165
ASSASSINATION OF THE BROTHERS JOHN AND CORNELIUS DE WITT 191
ASSASSINATION OF PETER THE THIRD OF RUSSIA 221
ASSASSINATION OF GUSTAVUS THE THIRD OF SWEDEN 249
ASSASSINATION OF JEAN PAUL MARAT 283
ASSASSINATION OF PAUL THE FIRST OF RUSSIA 301
ASSASSINATION OF AUGUST VON KOTZEBUE 315
ASSASSINATION OF THE DUC DE BERRY 327
ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 343
ASSASSINATION OF ALEXANDER THE SECOND OF RUSSIA 359
ASSASSINATION OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 381
Philip of Macedon 3
Tiberius Gracchus 11
Caligula 35
Claudius 37
Thomas ? Becket 53
Gessler 67
I?ez de Castro 77
David Rizzio 89
Lord Darnley 94
William of Orange 111
Ivan the Terrible 131
Wallenstein 165
John de Witt 191
Cornelius de Witt 205
Alexis 211
Jean Paul Marat 283
August von Kotzebue 315
Duc de Berry 327
Abraham Lincoln 343
William McKinley 381
Queen Draga 409
PHILIP OF MACEDON
Famous Assassinations
ASSASSINATION OF PHILIP OF MACEDON
The assassination of Philip of Macedon, which occurred in the year 336 B.C., was one of the most important in ancient history, not only because it terminated the glorious career of one of the most remarkable men of his times, but also because it led immediately to the accession of Alexander, one of the supremely great men of history,--an event which would very likely not have taken place at all if Philip had continued to live for a number of years and had himself selected the successor to his throne. Philip of Macedon was then at the height of his power. The battle of Chaeronea, in 338 B.C., had made him the master of Greece; and by his tactful and generous treatment of the vanquished he had even been appointed by the Amphictyon League commander-in-chief of all the Greek forces, which he intended to lead, at the head of his Macedonian army, against the Persians, and to conquer their mighty empire. This stupendous plan, by whose accomplishment Philip would have anticipated the glorious achievements of Alexander, his son, was frustrated by his assassination.
While Philip had arranged everything for his descent upon Persia, and had been frequently absent from home, his domestic affairs in his own capital, which had never been of a very satisfactory character, took such an unfavorable turn as to require his personal attention. As a husband, Philip had often given just cause of complaint to Olympias, his royal spouse. Wherever he went he formed liaisons, and several illegitimate children were openly recognized by him as his own. But when Olympias, the Queen, laid herself open to a suspicion of having violated her marriage vows in his absence, he repudiated her, charging her with gross infidelity, and intimating that he had very strong doubts of being the father of Alexander. Olympias thereupon went back to her native state, Epirus, accompanied by Alexander, who was highly incensed at the treatment shown to his mother and himself.
Philip contracted a second marriage with Cleopatra, a niece of Attalus, one of his generals; and it is said that at the wedding feast Attalus, half intoxicated, expressed the wish and hope that Cleopatra might give the Macedonians a lawful heir to the kingdom. This remark, overheard by Alexander, so enraged him that, throwing a full cup at Attalus's head, he shouted to him: "What, you scoundrel! am I then a bastard?" Whereupon Philip, taking Attalus's part, rose from his seat, and rushing with his drawn sword upon Alexander would have run his son through, if he had not, being himself more than half drunk with wine, slipped and fallen on the floor; at which sight Alexander scornfully said: "See there the man who is making great preparations to invade Asia at the head of a powerful army, and who falls to the ground like a helpless child in going from one seat to another."
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