Macedonian Wars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Eastern European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Balkans
- Date: 215-146
Article abstract: At issue: Hegemony over Greece. Result: Dissolution of the Macedonian monarchy; establishment of Roman hegemony over Greece.
Background
The Argead Macedonian monarch King Philip II established Macedonian rule over Greece with his victory over a coalition of Athens and other Greek states at Chaeronea in Boeotia in 338 b.c.e. His son, Alexander the Great, further strengthened Macedonian control over the Greek city-states before launching his successful mission of conquest of the Persian Empire. Thereafter, the Antigonid Dynasty, which...
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