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TIL: Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, is credited with creating one of the earliest professional armies in the world, ruling from 359-336BC. Philip’s reforms led to Macedonia becoming hegemon of the Greek peninsula, paving the way for Alexander’s conquest of Persia by 326 BC.

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