A “council of the Greeks,” to which…
337 BCE
A “council of the Greeks,” to which each state is to elect delegates proportionate to its military and naval strength, will decide all matters of federal government, including foreign policy, under Philip's new arrangement.
This so-called League of Corinth, established early in 337 BCE, is an organization designed to preserve and perpetuate a general peace (koine eirene), inaugurated when the delegates of all the states of Greece (except Sparta) and the islands swear to abide by it and to recognize Philip as president (hegemon) for this purpose.
At its first meeting, held in Corinth, the league decides to conduct a war against Persia and elects Philip commander of its armed forces.
Like the King's Peace and the Second Athenian Confederacy, this new league guarantees freedom and autonomy.
Unlike the Athenian organization, however, this new league puts the emphasis on property rights.
There are specific bans on “confiscation of property, redistribution of land, cancellation of debts, or freeing of slaves with revolutionary intent.” The real novelty of the league is the fact that it has a king at its head and garrisons at crucial places, such as Corinth and …