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Battle of Chaeronea
In 338 BCE Philip II of Macedonia defeated the Athenian–Theban alliance at Chaeronea, ending Greek city-state resistance and establishing Macedonian …
Timeline
- -338Boeotia · BoeotiaAthens, Thebes and other city-states formed an anti-Macedonian league under Demosthenes' urging and faced Philip II's Macedonian army near Chaeronea.
- -338Chaeronea · BoeotiaThe Macedonian phalanx, cooperating with heavy cavalry, broke through the Theban Sacred Band and the Athenian main body; the coalition routed, the Theban elite force was almost annihilated, and independent armed resistance by the Greek city-states came to an end.
- -337Corinth · PeloponneseAfter the battle Philip formed a Greek league at Corinth (the League of Corinth), made himself its leader and planned an expedition against Persia; the Greek political order was absorbed into a Macedonian-dominated system.
Sources
- Battle of Chaeronea https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Chaeronea
- Bibliotheca historica — Diodorus Siculus