Boiotia, late summer 338 BCE. The defeat and victory on the small Boiotian plain east of Chairôneia was to drag the Greek world of warring autonomous city-states into a proto-national state. The architect of this geopolitical shake-up, with its sudden death of old alliances and antagonisms, was Philip II of Macedon. He was a creative warrior king whose expansionist policies and military reforms had turned a turbulent unstable kingdom on the northern fringes of the Greek world into a regional superpower.
The battle itself was a hard-fought contest between the old-style citizen hoplite phalanx of the Greek states and the professional sarissa-armed phalanx of Macedon. His victory, the last but greatest of his career, clearly demonstrated Philip's tactical acumen and superior leadership skills.
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| ISBN: | 9781804519905 |
| Publication date: | 15th May 2026 |
| Author: | Nic Fields |
| Publisher: | Helion & Company an imprint of Helion and Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 156 pages |
| Series: | From Alexander to Adrianople 3000 BCE-400 CE |
| Genres: |
Military history |
Boiotia, late summer 338 BCE. The defeat and victory on the small Boiotian plain east of Chairôneia was to drag the Greek world of warring autonomous city-states into a proto-national state. The architect of this geopolitical shake-up, with its sudden death of old alliances and antagonisms, was Philip II of Macedon. He was a creative warrior king whose expansionist policies and military reforms had turned a turbulent unstable kingdom on the northern fringes of the Greek world into a regional superpower.
The battle itself was a hard-fought contest between the old-style citizen hoplite phalanx of the Greek states and the professional sarissa-armed phalanx of Macedon. His victory, the last but greatest of his career, clearly demonstrated Philip's tactical acumen and superior leadership skills.
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Chairôneia 338 BCE features in the following genres: Military history
Chairôneia 338 BCE is available in Paperback
Chairôneia 338 BCE was written by Nic Fields and published by Helion & Company an imprint of Helion and Company
Chairôneia 338 BCE has 156 pages
Yes it is part of From Alexander to Adrianople 3000 BCE-400 CE series
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