Ancient Greece - Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)

Time: Wednesday Aug 3, 338 BC

Place: Chaeronea, Boeotia, Greece

Details: Decisively defeating an allied army of Thebes and Athens at the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), he became de facto hegemon of all of Greece, except Sparta. He compelled the majority of the city-states to join the League of Corinth, allying them to him and imposing peace among them.

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