r enemies in Corinth and Thebes against Sparta. But then Athens became powerful again, and they switched sides against them. Eventually Thebes emerged as the dominant state, followed by Corinth, then Sparta again, then Athens for a little bit, then Hoboken for some odd reason, then Thebes once more. This merry-go-round of hegemony in Ancient Greece was mercifully ended by King Philip of Macedon, ruler of the land to the north that conveniently started getting stronger as Greece was busy destroying itself. Once Philip conquered Greece in 338 BC, his son Alexander (who is believed to have been pretty Great) conquered most of the known world (fig.4), plus a slice of Antarctica for good measure.