Wars of the Rise of Macedon
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Expansion of Macedonia under King Philip II.
Chronology
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January 807 BC: Expansion of Macedonia by 808 BC.
January 357 BC: The following year (358 BC), Philip heard that the Paionian king, Agis, had died. Taking advantage of their political disarray and transition of power, Philip marched his army into Paionia, where he defeated the Paionians. He then compelled the tribe to swear allegiance to Macedon. Macedonian northwestern frontier enlarged as far as Lake Lynkcesta.
January 357 BC: Battle of Erigon Valley: took place in 358 BC between the Dardanians under Bardyllis and the Macedonians under Philip II. Macedonian northwestern frontier enlarged as far as Lake Lynkcesta (Lake Ohrid).
January 357 BC: Expansion of Macedonia by 358 BC.
January 355 BC: Pydna, a city in ancient Macedonia, was captured by Philip II of Macedon in either 357 or 356 BC through treachery. This event marked an important conquest for Philip as he expanded his kingdom's territory.
January 355 BC: Philip II handed Potidea over to the Olynthians.
January 355 BC: According to Plutarch, an army under Parmenion defeated the Illyrian king Grabos in 356 BC, shortly after the conclusion of the siege of Potidea. Grabos then became a subject ally of Macedon.
January 355 BC: In 356 BC Philip of Macedon campaigned in Thrace, capturing the town of Krinides.
January 355 BC: Crenides was close to Mount Pangaion with its rich gold veins and to another Thasian colony, Datos. The two colonies provoked the Thracians but at the same time gave Philip II of Macedon the justification for penetrating the area and founding Philippi in 356 BC.
January 355 BC: Galepsos (Thrace) was destroyed 356 BC by Philipp II of Macedon.
January 355 BC: Philip II of Macedonia conquered Oisyme in 356 BC.
January 355 BC: Pistyros was destroyed by Philipp II of Macedon in 356 BC.
January 355 BC: Sirra was destroyed by Philipp II of Macedon in 356 BC.
January 355 BC: It remained formally independent from the kingdom of Macedonia in 356 BC.
January 355 BC: Expansion of Macedonia by 356 BC.
January 350 BC: In -351 BC, Daminon Teichos was part of the territory that went to the Kingdom of Macedonia. During the same period, Perinthos, Byzantion, and Amadokos formed an alliance with Philip II of Macedonia.
January 350 BC: In 352/1 BC, the city of Perinthos, along with Byzantion and Amadokos, formed an alliance with Philip II of Macedonia. This alliance was significant as it strengthened Philip II's influence in the region and allowed for greater cooperation between the city-states.
January 350 BC: In 352/1 BC, Perinthos, Byzantion, and Amadokos formed an alliance with Philip II of Macedonia. Perinthos was a city in Thrace, Byzantion was an ancient Greek city, and Philip II was the king of Macedonia.
January 349 BC: Some scholars date from 350 BC the Macedonian direct control of Tymphaea, another border area between Epirus and Macedon.
January 349 BC: Around the year 350 BC, Philip II of Macedonia occupied the port of Abdera.
January 349 BC: Ainos was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 354 BC: Philip II defeated the Odrysiand and reduced them to the status of a subject ally.
January 349 BC: Bergepolis was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Drys was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Kypsela was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Maroneia was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Mesambria (Thrace) was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Zone was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 343 BC: Larissa was taken by the Thebans and later directly annexed by Philip II of Macedon in 344 BC.
April 342 BC: Philip certainly campaigned against the Epirote Cassopaeans in early 342 BC, taking control of three coastal cities (Pandosia, Elateia and Bucheta) to secure the southern regions of his kingdom.
January 341 BC: In 342 BC, Philip II of Macedonia conquered a Thracian city in modern-day Bulgaria, which was then renamed Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv). This strategic move expanded the territory of the Kingdom of Macedonia.
January 341 BC: Expansion of Macedonia by 342 BC.
January 339 BC: The Kingdom of Amadocus in Thrace is conquered by Philip II of Macedon. Thrace was not transformed into a Macedonian province, but was put under the loose control of a Strategos.
January 339 BC: In 340 BC the Macedonians took over the island of Skyros.
January 337 BC: In 338 BC it was besieged by Philip II of Macedon. With the assistance of Corinth and Athens, it escaped complete domination at Philip's hands, but was nevertheless forced to accept a Macedonian garrison.
January 337 BC: Panormos was conquered by the Kingdom of Macedon (338-146 BC).
January 337 BC: Peparethos was conquered by the Kingdom of Macedon (338-146 BC).
January 335 BC: Pandosia was conquered in -336 by Philip II of Macedonia.
January 338 BC: The year 339 BC proved a culminating year for the Second Scythian Kingdom, and the beginning of its decline. The war with Philip II of Macedon ended in a victory for Philip (the father of Alexander the Great).
January 355 BC: In 356 BC, Philip II besieged and captured Potidea.
January 349 BC: Stryme was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Dikaia (Thrace) was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 355 BC: Apollonia (Thrace) was destroyed 356 BC by Philipp II of Macedon.
January 351 BC: In 352 BC Phillip II besieged the city of Heraion Teichos. Athens decided to send a fleet of forty triremes and to levy sixty talents in order to help the city, but the fleet never set sail. Only later a much smaller fleet of ten ships and money of five talents were sent. But Philip captured the city.
January 349 BC: Sale was taken by Macedon around 350 BC.
January 349 BC: Around 350 BC, Philip II of Macedon took Neapolis.
January 335 BC: Ikos passed to the dominance of Macedonia the following century, following the Greek conquests of King Philip II.
January 337 BC: It was eventually ceded to Philip in 338 BC.
January 352 BC: Methone was besieged by the Macedonian king Philip II, who thereby lost his eye by an arrow (354/3 BC). After their surrender King Philip allowed the inhabitants to leave the city.
January 353 BC: During the 355-354 BC siege of Methone, Philip II lost his right eye to an arrow wound, but managed to capture the city.
January 354 BC: By 355 BC, Elimiotis was part of the Kingdom of Macedonia.
January 355 BC: Phagres was destroyed by Philipp II of Macedon in 356 BC.
January 355 BC: Berga was destroyed by Philipp II of Macedon in 356 BC.
January 335 BC: The territory referred to is the city of Thebes, which was conquered in -336 from Philip II of Macedonia by his son, Alexander the Great. This event marked the end of Theban independence and its incorporation into the Kingdom of Macedonia.
January 355 BC: Myrkinos was destroyed 356 BC by Philipp II of Macedon.
January 355 BC: Krenides was close to Mount Pangaion with its rich gold veins and to another Thasian colony, Datos. The two colonies provoked the Thracians but at the same time gave Philip II of Macedon the justification for penetrating the area and founding Philippi in 356 BC
January 343 BC: In around 344 BC, the city of Hypata, located in Thessaly, Greece, came under the rule of the Kingdom of Macedonia, led by King Philip II. This marked an expansion of Macedonian influence in the region.
January 343 BC: In around 344 BC, Hypata came under Macedonian rule.
January 351 BC: The Thracian tribe of the agrianes, neighbors of Paioia, and their king, Langarus, appear from 352 BC as allies of Philip II.
January 340 BC: Philip moved against the city of Perinthos, formerly his ally. Diodorus says that this was because the city had begun to oppose him, and favour the Athenians.
Was the military campaign of Macedonia king Philip II against the Paeonian Kingdom.
January 357 BC: Macedonian king Perdiccas's succeeded in 358 BC with a campaign deep into the north, into Paeonia itself. This reduced the Paeonian kingdom (then ruled by Agis) to a semi-autonomous, subordinate status, which led to a process of gradual and formal Hellenization of the Paeonians.
Was fought between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians.
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 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.
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.
January 348 BC: A pre-eminent politician from Chalcis, Callias, sought to unite the cities of Euboea in a new confederation, inevitably meaning the end of the hitherto strong Athenian presence on the island.
2.1.Olynthian War
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.
2.2.Peace of Philocrates
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.
Was the military campaign of Macedonia king Philip II in Greece during the Fourth Sacred War.
April 339 BC: The Thebans seized the town of Nicaea near Thermopylae.
April 338 BC: The Macedonians took Amphissa and expelled its citizens, turning it over to Delphi.
August 338 BC: Philip II of Macedon advanced into Boeotia in an attempt to march on Thebes and Athens.
August 338 BC: Following the victory of Philip II in the Battle of Chaeronea, it first entered the Macedonian area of influence.
August 338 BC: Euboea ceased to be part of the Athenian sphere of influence after the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC).
August 338 BC: The ccupation of the Rhineland imposed by the Treaty if Versailles began in January 1919. French, British, Belgian and initially also American troops were involved.
August 338 BC: The Island of Limnos is conquered by Macedonia.
August 338 BC: Athenai was subjugated by Philip II.
January 337 BC: The battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) was fought in 338 BC, in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of city-states led by Athens and Thebes. The battle ended with a decisive victory of the Macedonians. Philip had no intention of conquering any territory and soon the Macedonian armies left southern Greece. After the battle, Macedon established hegemony over the majority of Southern Greece (except Sparta).
January 337 BC: Seleinous was conquered by the Kingdom of Macedon (338-146 BC).
Selected Sources
Cawkwell, G. (1978): Philip II of Macedon, London (UK), p. 142
Cawkwell, G. (1978): Philip II of Macedon, London (UK), pp. 147-166
Hansen, M. G. / Nielsen, T. H. (2004): An inventory of archaic and classic polities, Oxford University Press, pp. 1363-1364
