League of Corinth

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The League of Corinth was a federation of Greek city-states established under the hegemony of Philip II of Macedon to unify Greece and legitimize a collective campaign against the Persian Empire.

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Label Occurrences
League of Corinth canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek federation ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
political alliance ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
dissolved early 3rd century BC ⓘ
excludes Sparta ⓘ
followedBy Hellenistic leagues ⓘ
linked to: Thessalian League
formedAfter Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ
foundedBy Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
grantsTitle strategos autokrator to Alexander the Great ⓘ
strategos autokrator to Philip II ⓘ
hasHegemon Macedon ⓘ
hasLeader Alexander the Great ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
hasMember Argos ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Corinth ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
Sparta (de facto excluded) ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
hasOath oath of common peace ⓘ
oath recognizing Philip II as hegemon ⓘ
hasOrgan council of representatives of member states ⓘ
synedrion ⓘ
hasPolicy collective security ⓘ
common foreign policy ⓘ
mutual defense ⓘ
hasTerritorialExtent most Greek mainland city-states ⓘ
some Aegean island states ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment federal council system under Macedonian hegemony ⓘ
headquartersLocation Corinth ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
historicalSignificance first formal Panhellenic league under Macedonian leadership ⓘ
inception 337 BC ⓘ
338 BC ⓘ
languageUsed Ancient Greek ⓘ
legalForm symmachia ⓘ
locatedIn ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
namedAfter Corinth ⓘ
opposedTo Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
purpose maintenance of common peace among member states ⓘ
unification of Greek city-states ⓘ
war against the Achaemenid Persian Empire ⓘ
relatedTo Common Peace (Koine Eirene) ⓘ
linked to: Antalcidas Peace

Panhellenism ⓘ
significantEvent confirmation of Alexander’s leadership after Philip II’s death ⓘ
decision to invade Asia Minor ⓘ
sourceOfLegitimacyFor Alexander the Great’s Asian campaign ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip II of Macedon → alliance → League of Corinth ⓘ
Macedonian expansion into Greece → relatedTo → League of Corinth ⓘ