Third Sacred War
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Was fought between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians.
Chronology
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January 346 BC: Dioikismos (dispersion of the inhabitants) of Troneia caused by the invasion by Macedonian forces.
January 345 BC: Some time after its inhabitants were dispersed during the Third Sacred War, the city of Lilaia began to be resettled and came back into existence.
January 347 BC: Anthemous was given by Philip of Macedon to the Olynthians.
January 346 BC: Abai was occupied a second time by the Boeotians in the Sacred or Phocian War in 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Antikyra was destroyed in 346 BC by Philip II of Macedon amid the Third Sacred War.
January 346 BC: Charadra was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Daulis was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Drymos was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Erochos was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Hyampolis was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Dioikismos (dispersion of the inhabitants) of Lilaia caused by the invasion by Macedonian forces.
January 346 BC: Dioikismos (dispersion of the inhabitants) of Medeon caused by the invasion by Macedonian forces.
January 346 BC: Parapotamioi was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Phanoteus was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Dioikismos (dispersion of the inhabitants) of Stiris caused by the invasion by Macedonian forces.
January 346 BC: Teithronion was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
July 346 BC: Philip II made a truce with Phalaikos (ruler of Phocis) on 19 July. Phalaikos surrendered Phocis to Macedon, in return for being allowed to leave.
January 345 BC: Serrion Teichos was one of the fortresses conquered by Philip II in 346 BC.
January 345 BC: By the end of 346 BC Philip II of Macedon left the territories occupied in Phocis.
January 345 BC: Philip II of Macedon controlled the city of Nicaea, near Thermopylae, since 346 BC.
January 345 BC: The Polis of Abai was destroyed in 480 BC during the Greco-Persian Wars. It was later reestablished around 346 BC.
January 345 BC: Reconstruction of Antikyra.
January 345 BC: Charadra was destroyed in 480 BC, but reappeared around 346 BC.
January 345 BC: Daulis was destroyed in 480 BC, but reappeared around 346 BC.
January 345 BC: Drymos was destroyed in 480 BC, but reappeared around 346 BC.
January 345 BC: Elateia (Phokis) was destroyed in 480 BC, but reappeared around 346 BC.
January 345 BC: Erochos: Destroyed in 480 BC.
January 345 BC: Hyampolis: Destroyed in 480 BC.
January 345 BC: Some time after its inhabitants were dispersed during the Third Sacred War, the city of Ledon began to be resettled and came back into existence.
January 345 BC: Neon/Tithorea: Destroyed in 480 BC.
January 345 BC: Parapotamioi: Destroyed in 480 BC.
January 345 BC: Phanoteus was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 345 BC: Some time after its inhabitants were dispersed during the Third Sacred War, the city of Phlygonion began to be resettled and came back into existence.
January 345 BC: Some time after its inhabitants were dispersed during the Third Sacred War, the city of Troneia began to be resettled and came back into existence.
January 345 BC: Some time after its inhabitants were dispersed during the Third Sacred War, the city of Medeon began to be resettled and came back into existence.
January 346 BC: Neon/Tithorea was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 351 BC: After the Battle of the Crocus Fields, the Thessalians appointed Philip of Macedon as a protector of Thessaly.
January 345 BC: Some time after its inhabitants were dispersed during the Third Sacred War, the city of Stiris began to be resettled and came back into existence.
July 346 BC: Following the first Athenian embassy to Macedon, Philip went on campaign against Kersebleptes. Details of the campaign are scarce, but it seems that Philip easily captured the Thracian treasury on the "Sacred Mountain". Then, rather than deposing Kersebleptes, he made him a subject ally.
January 346 BC: Elateia (Phokis) was destroyed in 480 BC and reappeared around 346 BC.
January 346 BC: Dioikismos (dispersion of the inhabitants) of Phlygonion caused by the invasion by Macedonian forces.
January 346 BC: Dioikismos (dispersion of the inhabitants) of Ledon caused by the invasion by Macedonian forces.
January 347 BC: The empty territory bordering Macedonia and Thessaly was probably controlled by Macedonia.
January 345 BC: Teithronion was destroyed in 480 BC.
January 345 BC: From at least as early as 346 Chios fell within the Hekatomnid sphere of power.
Was a war between the Kingdom of Macedon and the Chalkidian League.
October 348 BC: By September the siege was over, and the Chalkidian league had been annihilated.
November 348 BC: The same fate awaited the other Chalkidian cities that had not submitted to him. Philip then incorporated Chalkidike into the Macedonian state.
June 348 BC: Philip II seems to have methodically worked his way around the 32 cities of the League, leaving Olynthos to the end. By the spring of 348 BC, the western part of Chalkidiki had been lost.
The Peace of Philocrates aknowledged the territorial conquests of Macedonia in Phocis and Thrace.
January 345 BC: On July 19, Philip II of Macedon made a truce with Phalaikos, the ruler of Phocis. As part of the agreement, Phalaikos surrendered the region to Macedonia.
Selected Sources
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, pp. 1363-1364
