Period of Greek history between the period of the death of the Macedonian king and Alexander the Great
The Athenians lost the Peloponnesian War because Sparta dropped out of fighting but, the Athenians still had an alliance of city states. The Athenians made were making the city states send money. The city states went to the Spartans and they decided to take up for their allies. The Spartans went to war with Athens. The Athenians were defeated and they gave up all outlying possessions. They became forced allies of Sparta. But, the Spartans lost a lot of men and resources and could not stop the Athenians to regain their independence. The city states returned to how the struggle of how they originally were. Thebes tried to replace Sparta and Athens as dominant city-state.
In 359 BC Macedonia was now under the rule of King Philip II. He was determined to gain control of the city-states. He wanted to get them to start a united force against the Persians. Athens formed an alliance with Thebes to try to stop him. The Macedonians won. He let the Greek city-states to govern their own as long as they remained loyal allies.
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