Philip follows the conquest of Methone with …
Years: 354BCE - 354BCE
Philip follows the conquest of Methone with some successes in Thrace, which Athens is unable to prevent despite halfhearted and tardy attempts to strengthen the independent Thracian princes through alliances with itself.
Even the great Athenian orator and statesman Demosthenes (384-322) is slow to realize that Athens' interest requires a united, not a divided, Thrace.
If Philip is to be stopped, it will not be by sea.
He can and arguably does time his operations to make it impossible for a fleet to get at him (ships cannot sail north when the Etesian winds are blowing).
On the positive side, the productivity of the silver and gold mines of the Pangaion region would be a huge asset to Philip, and thus it is encouraging that they are currently controlled by …
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- Thracians
- Greece, classical
- Macedon, Argead Kingdom of
- Odrysian kingdom
- Athens, City-State of
- Athenian Empire or Confederacy, Second
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Years: 354BCE - 354BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Thracians
- Greece, classical
- Macedon, Argead Kingdom of
- Odrysian kingdom
- Athens, City-State of
- Athenian Empire or Confederacy, Second
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Subregions