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Macedonia 356 BC
Amyntes, son of the late King Perdiccas, is deposed and Philip is confirmed as absolute king. He signs a pact with a Chalcidian league which names Athens as a common enemy and goes on to take the city of Potidaea. During the year Philip has more good news: His first horse wins at Olympia and his, Olympias, gives birth to a son, Alexander… Pg 142
Athens 351 BC
The orator Demosthenes denounces the expansionist policies of Macedon and castigates his fellow citizens for their lack of awareness ..
Greece, 348 BC
Philip of Macedon takes Olynthus by siege and utterly destroys it, securing control of the Chalcidice peninsula. When the Chalcidian league learnt of Philips intentions, they broke with their former ally and appealed to Athens. Convinced by Demosthenes, Athens at last sent an expeditionary force, but it was to late.
Despised Macedonia crushes the Greeks in the “Sacred War”
Greece 346 BC
The Sacred War, waged for the last ten years for possession of Greeks of Greece’s supreme oracle at Delphi, has ended with Philip of Macedon, despised as a barbarian by the Athenians, winning ascendancy over Greece The unforseen result of yet another internecine quarrel bodes ill for the city states.
It Started when Thebans, who controlled the Amphictinony, the multi-state council which administers the shrine, forces through a threat of war against the Phocians unless they paid a fine for cultivating sacred ground..
The Phocians who once had control of Delphi, chose to go to war to re-establish their position, but there then followed a period of cruel, confused warfare during which the Phocians were generally successful. [U]But then the war drew in the ambitious Philip[/U], who saw territory.
His advance and involvement in Greek affairs drew bitter attacks from Demosthenes, who issued the first of his “Philipics” in 351 BC. Athens belatedly sent an army to help Athens allies besieged by Philip at Olynthus.
It was too little and too late. Philip captured the city and razed it to the ground. Phocis has now been forced to sue for peace and Philip the Barbarian holds power in Greece.
Greece 339 BC
Hostilities are renewed between Athens and Macedonia, marking the start of the fourth Sacred War. Philip II occupies Elateia, two days’ from Attica. Demosthenes saves the day for panic stricken Athenians by engineering an alliance between Athens and Thebes.
Greece 338 BC.
Philip II of Macedon defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the battle of Chaeronea. With the surrender of Thebes the Boeotian league is dissolved. Philip imposes pace terms on Athens which include allying with Macedonia and dissolving the Athenian league. Struck by generosity of their conquer, the Athenians offer citizenship to Philip and his son, Alexander..
Macedonia 337 BC.
Philip’s decision to marry Cleopatra, a woman from a Macedonian nobility, causes a stir at court. The marriage which will be polygamous, stems from Philips concern about his line of succession. Alexander is his heir-designate but, as his second Arrhidaeus, suffers from epilepsy, he thinks it wise to have a third son..
Macedonia 335BC
After succeeding his father asking of Macedonia, Alexander sets out on his first military campaign, aiming to punish the Triballi for their rebellion in 339 BC and re-established order in the Balkans. His victory reinforces Macedonian power in the region of the lower Danube.
Athens 307 BC.
After the failure of its struggle for independence, Athens fails under Macedonian control: Demetrius Poloircetes, son of Antigonus the One-Eyed takes command of the city.
Cyprus, 306 BC
Ptolemy, a former Macedonian general who became ruler of Egypt on the death of Alexander, is defeated in a sea battle off Salamis by the Greeks under Demetrius.
Athens 262 BC
Antigonus Gonatas, the Macedonian ruler whose authority now extends over a good part of Greek world, takes possession of Athens after a long siege. Five years ago Antigonus quelled an uprising aimed at expelling the Macedonian garrison from Greece. The rebels - an Hellenic coalition which included Sparta, the Arcadians and the Achaeans - were led by Athens
Greece 243 BC
Aratus of Sicyon, a partisan of the Achaean league takes Acro-corinith, the two ports of Corinth and Macedonian fleet, thereby liberating the Peloponnese from Macedonian domination. This is a response to the capture by Antigonus Gonatas, in 245 BC, of Acrocorinth, the mountainous acropolis towering over the city of Corinth
Greece 229 BC
On his ascension to the Macedonian throne, Antigonus III Doson is confronted by revolts in Greek cities: Thessalians, Athenians and Achaeans want to be free of Macedonian tutelage..
Macedonia 205 BC
In order to concrete all its efforts against Hannibal, Rome puts an end to the war against Macedonia by signing a treaty of Phoinke, by which Rome and Macedonia share the protectorate of Illyria…
Roman army helps Greece from rule by Macedonia
Greece, 196 BC
There are celebrations at the Isthmian Games as a decree is issued declaring freedom and autonomy for the Greeks after the defeat of Macedonians by Rome.
The Roman proconsul, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, is hailed as country’s liberator. He had taken command of the Roman army after his election the previous year, and had it to a crushing the Macedonians at Cynoscephalae.
This effectively brought an end to the second Macedonian war, forcing Philip V of Macedon to make peace and stay out of Greece.
The Romans came to the aid of the Greeks after a joint appeal in 201 BC by the city-state of Rhodes and King Attalus of Pergamum. They had themselves declare on Philip in an effort to halt his conquest of the minor independent state of the Aegean, but with little success.
Macedonia 168 BC
Macedonia surrenders to the Romans after its defeat at the battle at Pydna which saw 20,000 Macedonians dead. Perseus attempts to flee but abandoned on all sides, ended up surrendering to Aemilius Paullus the consul who led Roman legions to battle. Perseus takes part in the generals triumph march in Rome - as a prisoner. The empire of Alexander The Great has finally Disintegrated.
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Amyntes, son of the late King Perdiccas, is deposed and Philip is confirmed as absolute king. He signs a pact with a Chalcidian league which names Athens as a common enemy and goes on to take the city of Potidaea. During the year Philip has more good news: His first horse wins at Olympia and his, Olympias, gives birth to a son, Alexander… Pg 142
Athens 351 BC
The orator Demosthenes denounces the expansionist policies of Macedon and castigates his fellow citizens for their lack of awareness ..
Greece, 348 BC
Philip of Macedon takes Olynthus by siege and utterly destroys it, securing control of the Chalcidice peninsula. When the Chalcidian league learnt of Philips intentions, they broke with their former ally and appealed to Athens. Convinced by Demosthenes, Athens at last sent an expeditionary force, but it was to late.
Despised Macedonia crushes the Greeks in the “Sacred War”
Greece 346 BC
The Sacred War, waged for the last ten years for possession of Greeks of Greece’s supreme oracle at Delphi, has ended with Philip of Macedon, despised as a barbarian by the Athenians, winning ascendancy over Greece The unforseen result of yet another internecine quarrel bodes ill for the city states.
It Started when Thebans, who controlled the Amphictinony, the multi-state council which administers the shrine, forces through a threat of war against the Phocians unless they paid a fine for cultivating sacred ground..
The Phocians who once had control of Delphi, chose to go to war to re-establish their position, but there then followed a period of cruel, confused warfare during which the Phocians were generally successful. [U]But then the war drew in the ambitious Philip[/U], who saw territory.
His advance and involvement in Greek affairs drew bitter attacks from Demosthenes, who issued the first of his “Philipics” in 351 BC. Athens belatedly sent an army to help Athens allies besieged by Philip at Olynthus.
It was too little and too late. Philip captured the city and razed it to the ground. Phocis has now been forced to sue for peace and Philip the Barbarian holds power in Greece.
Greece 339 BC
Hostilities are renewed between Athens and Macedonia, marking the start of the fourth Sacred War. Philip II occupies Elateia, two days’ from Attica. Demosthenes saves the day for panic stricken Athenians by engineering an alliance between Athens and Thebes.
Greece 338 BC.
Philip II of Macedon defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes at the battle of Chaeronea. With the surrender of Thebes the Boeotian league is dissolved. Philip imposes pace terms on Athens which include allying with Macedonia and dissolving the Athenian league. Struck by generosity of their conquer, the Athenians offer citizenship to Philip and his son, Alexander..
Macedonia 337 BC.
Philip’s decision to marry Cleopatra, a woman from a Macedonian nobility, causes a stir at court. The marriage which will be polygamous, stems from Philips concern about his line of succession. Alexander is his heir-designate but, as his second Arrhidaeus, suffers from epilepsy, he thinks it wise to have a third son..
Macedonia 335BC
After succeeding his father asking of Macedonia, Alexander sets out on his first military campaign, aiming to punish the Triballi for their rebellion in 339 BC and re-established order in the Balkans. His victory reinforces Macedonian power in the region of the lower Danube.
Athens 307 BC.
After the failure of its struggle for independence, Athens fails under Macedonian control: Demetrius Poloircetes, son of Antigonus the One-Eyed takes command of the city.
Cyprus, 306 BC
Ptolemy, a former Macedonian general who became ruler of Egypt on the death of Alexander, is defeated in a sea battle off Salamis by the Greeks under Demetrius.
Athens 262 BC
Antigonus Gonatas, the Macedonian ruler whose authority now extends over a good part of Greek world, takes possession of Athens after a long siege. Five years ago Antigonus quelled an uprising aimed at expelling the Macedonian garrison from Greece. The rebels - an Hellenic coalition which included Sparta, the Arcadians and the Achaeans - were led by Athens
Greece 243 BC
Aratus of Sicyon, a partisan of the Achaean league takes Acro-corinith, the two ports of Corinth and Macedonian fleet, thereby liberating the Peloponnese from Macedonian domination. This is a response to the capture by Antigonus Gonatas, in 245 BC, of Acrocorinth, the mountainous acropolis towering over the city of Corinth
Greece 229 BC
On his ascension to the Macedonian throne, Antigonus III Doson is confronted by revolts in Greek cities: Thessalians, Athenians and Achaeans want to be free of Macedonian tutelage..
Macedonia 205 BC
In order to concrete all its efforts against Hannibal, Rome puts an end to the war against Macedonia by signing a treaty of Phoinke, by which Rome and Macedonia share the protectorate of Illyria…
Roman army helps Greece from rule by Macedonia
Greece, 196 BC
There are celebrations at the Isthmian Games as a decree is issued declaring freedom and autonomy for the Greeks after the defeat of Macedonians by Rome.
The Roman proconsul, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, is hailed as country’s liberator. He had taken command of the Roman army after his election the previous year, and had it to a crushing the Macedonians at Cynoscephalae.
This effectively brought an end to the second Macedonian war, forcing Philip V of Macedon to make peace and stay out of Greece.
The Romans came to the aid of the Greeks after a joint appeal in 201 BC by the city-state of Rhodes and King Attalus of Pergamum. They had themselves declare on Philip in an effort to halt his conquest of the minor independent state of the Aegean, but with little success.
Macedonia 168 BC
Macedonia surrenders to the Romans after its defeat at the battle at Pydna which saw 20,000 Macedonians dead. Perseus attempts to flee but abandoned on all sides, ended up surrendering to Aemilius Paullus the consul who led Roman legions to battle. Perseus takes part in the generals triumph march in Rome - as a prisoner. The empire of Alexander The Great has finally Disintegrated.
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