Trouble in Greece, led by the Athenians…
323 BCE
Trouble in Greece, led by the Athenians and aimed at liberating the cities from Macedonian garrisons, proves tougher to control.
The Athenians are angered at Alexander's degree recalling exiles and the consequent disturbances causes by returning troops and exiles in the mercenary market of Taearum.
With Alexander's death, the power of the Macedonians seems finally broken; a new alliance is concluded against them.
Sparta refuses to participate, as do the islands, but a coalition of Athens with Argos, Sicyon, Elis, and Messenia, supported by Boeotians, Aetolians, and Thessalians, is a formidable challenge to Antipater's authority.
The Athenians recall Demosthenes from exile and provide money to pay his fine.
Athenian democratic leaders, in conjunction with the Aetolian League in October 323, field an army of thirty thousand men.
Athenian statesman and general Phocion advises against the war, though he leads the defense against a Macedonian raid into Athenian territory.
The Athenians seize Thermopylae and …