^  a:   "... The victory over Bardylis made him an attractive ally to the Epirotes, who too had suffered at the Illyrians' hands ..."[38]

^  b:   Although Pausanias, the 2nd century AD geographer claimed that Sparta was expelled from the Amphictyonic council for her part in the Sacred War, inscriptions at Delphi show that this was not the case.[143]

^  c:  There have been, since the time, many suspicions that Pausanias was actually hired to murder Philip. Suspicion has fallen upon Alexander, Olympias and even the newly crowned Persian Emperor, Darius III. All three of these people had motive to have Philip murdered.[160]

^  d:  For a critical review of scholars defending one view or the others, A. J. Graham provides a recapitulation during the analysis of Thasos and Portus in Colony and Mother City in Ancient Greece, explaining both Rubensohn thesis, Pouilloux objections and the indirect support for each one.[161]

^  e:  Philip married Phila of Elimeia, the sister of the last independent king of Elimea. Machatas of Elimeia, brother of the Phila, is associated with the Machatas described by Plutarch as punished by Philip as part of his court.[61][62] Similarly, Aeropus of Lyncestis appears as a commander in Cheronea and was exiled by Philip. Its sons, Arrhabaeus and Heromenes and Alexander also appear in Philip's court and during the politics surrounding his murder. Carney provided a detailed analysis of the impact of Macedonian annexation in Lyncestis when discussing the figure of Alexander of Lyncestis[63]