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- The Chremonidean War (267–261 BC) was fought by a coalition of some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian domination. It ended in a Macedonian victory which confirmed Antigonid control over the city-states of Greece.
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The Chremonidean War (267–261 BC) was fought by a coalition of some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian domination. It ended in a Macedonian victory which confirmed Antigonid control over the city-states of Greece.
- 267-261 BC
- Macedonian victory
- Greece
…the liberation of Greece (the Chremonidean War, 267–261). Although the Egyptian fleet had blockaded the Saronic Gulf, Antigonus defeated Areus near Corinth in 265 and then besieged Athens. In 263–262 the city capitulated.
The Chremonidean War (267-261 BCE) was a conflict between the Antigonid monarchy of Macedon and a coalition of Greek city-states led by Athens, fueled by rising tensions over control and influence in the Aegean Sea.
The Chremonidean War (267–261 BC) was fought by a coalition of some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian domination. It ended in a Macedonian victory which confirmed Antigonid control over the city-states of Greece.
- 267-261 BC
- Macedonian victory
- Greece
The Chremonidean War ended inconclusively around 261 BC, with neither side achieving a decisive victory. The conflict was resolved through diplomatic negotiations and the intervention of outside powers, particularly Egypt, which pressured Antigonus II Gonatas to seek a peaceful resolution.
Dec 23, 2013 · This war, in which Antigonus was faced by the triple alliance of Egypt, Athens, and Sparta with her allies, started with the decree moved by Chremonides in August–September of the year of the archon Peithidemos at Athens; the actual military operations began in the following spring.
Chremonidean War, c.266-262 B.C., (Greece) Revolt of Athens and Sparta against Macedonia rule, in part prompted by rivalry between the successors of Alexander the Great, which led Ptolemy II of Egypt to promise aid to Athens and Sparta in their revolt against Antigonus II of Macedonia.
