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Third Sacred War

356 BCE – 346 BCE · 10 years

Phocis seized the sanctuary of Delphi and used its treasures to hire mercenaries. Philip II of Macedon intervened, crushing the Phocians and establishing Macedonian dominance over Greece.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Phocis
  • Thebes, Thessaly, Philip II of Macedon

Key moments

Defining events in the Third Sacred War.

  1. 352 BC Battle of the Crocus Field
  2. 346 BC Surrender of Phocis

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

350 BCE – 1404 CE

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Roman–Etruscan Wars

509 BCE – 264 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Celts

Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE

Conflict · Europe

Sicilian Wars

480 BCE – 307 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 356 BCE and 346 BCE.

350 BCE Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 350 BCE Xianyang Palace

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Plato Figure · Greece 428 BCE – 348 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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