Third Sacred War
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The Third Sacred War was fought between the forces of the Delphic and Amphictyonic Leagues, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians. The war was cause
Bust of Philip II of Macedon, who was instrumental in ending the Third Sacred War
Under the reign of Philip II, the Argead kingdom of Macedonia, initially at the periphery of classical Greek affairs, came to dominate Ancient Greece in the span of less than 25 years, largely thanks
Third Sacred War
…Philip's growing power, and the exhaustion of the other states, allowed him to impose a peaceful settlement of the war, marking a major step in the rise of Macedon to pre-eminence in Ancient Greece. The ancient sources for the Third Sacred War are scant, and generally lacking in firm chronological information. The…
Marble bust of the Athenian statesman Aeschines, 4th century BC, British Museum
Painted depiction of a soldier wearing the linothorax, from the Tomb of Judgement in Mieza in Imathia, Greece, 4th/3rd century BC
Philip II of Macedon – a Macedonian silver tetradrachm coin minted during his reign
View of the Strymon River from the acropolis of Amphipolis