Thrace, Hellenistic

Macedon again falls into a state of internal confusion, intensified by a coalition of Gallic (Celtic) and Thracian marauders from the north, under the command of Bolgius, who overrun the country.

Ptolemy Keraunus offers battle and is captured and decapitated.

Pyrrhus, suddenly abandoning Macedonia in 272 BCE for an invasion of southern Greece,  launches an unsuccessful attack on Sparta to restore Cleonymus to the kingship.

Antigonus, although he retains only a few Macedonian cities, follows Pyrrhus when the latter marches into the Peloponnese.

Pyrrhus is killed, however, in a night skirmish in the streets of Argos, struck to the ground by a tile hurled down by a woman watching from the roof; …

…thereby assuring Gonatus' control over Macedonia.

He is now also the chief of the Thessalian League and on good terms with neighboring Illyria and Thrace.

The son of the brilliant Demetrius I Poliorcetes and himself a man of high character, ability, and culture, Gonatus secures his position in the north of Greece and …

…by keeping Macedonian occupation forces in the three “shackles” of Hellas: the cities of Corinth, …

…Chalcis on Euboea, and …

…Demetrias in Thessaly.