A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

Philip's decisive victory came in 338 BC, when he defeated a combined force from Athens and Thebes. A year later Philip formed the League of Corinth which established him as the ruler, or hegemon ...

Athens and Thebes allied and faced Philip at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338, and it is said that teenage Alexander fought alongside his father’s army during this battle. Philip won this battle ...

The League of Corinth was an initiative of King Philip II of Macedon to unite all Greek city-states against the Persian ...

A year later Sparta cancelled its peace treaty with Athens. Then in 431 BC a contingent of soldiers from Thebes, Sparta's ally, tried to seize control of a town called Potidea. Caught and ...