Thessalian League

This article is about the specific polity Thessalian League and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a loose confederacy of poleis in ancient Thessaly.

Establishment

January 373 BC: By 374 BC, the Pherae and the Aleuadae communities united with the agricultural population of Thessaly to form the Thessalian League.

Chronology

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1. Creation of the Thessalian League

Creation of the Thessalian League (a league of ancient Greece).

2. Wars of the Rise of Macedon

Expansion of Macedonia under King Philip II.

2.1.Third Sacred War

Was fought between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians.

January 351 BC: After the Battle of the Crocus Fields, the Thessalians appointed Philip of Macedon as a protector of Thessaly.