Chremonidean War

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The Chremonidean War was a Hellenistic conflict (267–261 BC) in which a coalition led by Athens and Sparta, backed by Ptolemaic Egypt, fought unsuccessfully to resist the expansion of Antigonid Macedonian power in Greece.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chremonidean War canonical 7
Cretan War 1
War of Chremonides 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic war ⓘ
war ⓘ
alliance Athens–Sparta–Ptolemaic coalition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs War of Chremonides ⓘ
linked to: Chremonidean War
belligerent Antigonid Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Antigonid dynasty

Athens ⓘ
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Sparta ⓘ
category Wars involving ancient Athens ⓘ
Wars involving ancient Macedon ⓘ
Wars involving ancient Sparta ⓘ
Wars involving the Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
cause resistance to Antigonid Macedonian expansion in Greece ⓘ
conflictIn Hellenistic period ⓘ
diplomaticAspect Ptolemaic efforts to contain Macedon ⓘ
endDate 261 BC ⓘ
followedBy Cremonidean peace settlement ⓘ
historicalPeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
impact consolidation of Antigonid power in central Greece ⓘ
decline of Athenian political influence ⓘ
limitation of Spartan resurgence ⓘ
involves naval operations in the Aegean ⓘ
siege of Athens ⓘ
location Greece ⓘ
militaryTechnology Hellenistic phalanx warfare ⓘ
trireme and larger warships in Aegean naval battles ⓘ
namedAfter Chremonides ⓘ
opposedBy Antigonus II Gonatas ⓘ
outcome Athens loses independence ⓘ
strengthening of Antigonid control over Greece ⓘ
partOf Wars of the Diadochi era ⓘ
politicalContext Athenian attempt to restore autonomy ⓘ
Spartan opposition to Macedon ⓘ
precededBy Demetrian War ⓘ
relatedTo Macedonian hegemony in Greece ⓘ
Ptolemaic–Antigonid rivalry ⓘ
result Antigonid Macedonian victory ⓘ
startDate 267 BC ⓘ
supportedBy Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
some other Greek poleis opposed to Macedon ⓘ
theatre Aegean Sea ⓘ
Attica ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
triggeredBy Chremonidean Decree ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Aetolians → participatedIn → Chremonidean War ⓘ
Antigonus II Gonatas → conflict → Chremonidean War ⓘ
Philip V of Macedon → conflict → Cretan War ⓘ
linked to: Chremonidean War
Macedonian navy → engagedInConflict → Chremonidean War ⓘ
Antigonid dynasty → participatedIn → Chremonidean War ⓘ
Chremonidean War → alsoKnownAs → War of Chremonides ⓘ
linked to: Chremonidean War
Areus I of Sparta → conflict → Chremonidean War ⓘ
Hellenistic Athens → significantEvent → Chremonidean War ⓘ