Macedonian expansion into Greece

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Macedonian expansion into Greece was the late 4th-century BCE campaign by Philip II (and later Alexander the Great) that brought the independent Greek city-states under Macedonian hegemony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aim establish Macedonian hegemony over Greek city-states ⓘ
secure leadership of a pan-Hellenic league against Persia ⓘ
endTime c. 335 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
hasCause decline of Greek city-state power after the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
internal conflicts among Greek poleis ⓘ
rise of Macedon under Philip II ⓘ
hasPart Alexander the Great’s early campaigns in Greece ⓘ
Philip II’s campaigns in Greece ⓘ
historicalContext late Classical Greece ⓘ
historicalPeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
involvedPoliticalInstrument diplomacy with Greek elites ⓘ
intervention in Greek sacred wars ⓘ
use of hostages and marriages to secure alliances ⓘ
keyEvent Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE ⓘ
formation of the League of Corinth ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
mainProtagonist Alexander the Great ⓘ
King Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
opponent Athens ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
various Greek city-state coalitions ⓘ
participant Greek city-states ⓘ
Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Macedon
precededBy Peloponnesian War ⓘ
Theban hegemony in Greece ⓘ
relatedTo Alexander the Great ⓘ
Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ
League of Corinth ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
result Macedonian hegemony over mainland Greece ⓘ
creation of the League of Corinth under Macedonian leadership ⓘ
integration of Greek military resources into the Macedonian army ⓘ
loss of political independence of most Greek city-states ⓘ
recognition of Philip II as hegemon of Greece ⓘ
significance ended the era of independent Greek city-state dominance ⓘ
paved the way for the spread of Hellenistic culture ⓘ
shifted power center of the Greek world to Macedon ⓘ
startTime c. 359 BCE ⓘ
usedMilitaryInnovation Macedonian phalanx ⓘ
combined-arms tactics ⓘ
companion cavalry ⓘ

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Battle of Chaeronea → partOf → Macedonian expansion into Greece ⓘ
To Philip → aimsToPersuade → Philip II to assume leadership of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian expansion into Greece
Lion of Chaeronea → associatedWith → Macedonian conquest of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian expansion into Greece
Hellenistic Athens → influencedBy → Macedonian hegemony ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian expansion into Greece