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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER LX FROM THE BATTLE OF IPSUS TO THE DEATH OF PYRRHUS
- CHAP. LXI FROM THE DEATH OF FYRRHUS TO THE ACCESSION OF ANTIGONUS DOSON
- CHAP. LXII FROM THE ACCESSION OF ANTIGONUS DOSON TO THE BATTLE OF SELLASIA
- CHAP. LXIII FROM THE BATTLE OF SELLASIA TO THE END OF THE SOCIAL WAR BETWEEN THE ACHÆANS AND ÆTOLIANS
- CHAP. LXIV FROM THE END OF THE SOCIAL WAR BETWEEN THE ÆTOLIANS AND THE ACHÆANS TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LIBERTY OF GREECE UNDER ROMAN PROTECTION
- CHAP. LXV FROM THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LIBERTY OF GREECE UNDER ROMAN PROTECTION TO THE EMBASSY OF CALLICRATES TO ROME
- CHAP. LXVI FROM THE EMBASSY OF CALLICRATES TO ROME TO THE REDUCTION OF GREECE INTO A ROMAN PROVINCE
- INDEX
CHAP. LXI - FROM THE DEATH OF FYRRHUS TO THE ACCESSION OF ANTIGONUS DOSON
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- ERRATA
- CHAPTER LX FROM THE BATTLE OF IPSUS TO THE DEATH OF PYRRHUS
- CHAP. LXI FROM THE DEATH OF FYRRHUS TO THE ACCESSION OF ANTIGONUS DOSON
- CHAP. LXII FROM THE ACCESSION OF ANTIGONUS DOSON TO THE BATTLE OF SELLASIA
- CHAP. LXIII FROM THE BATTLE OF SELLASIA TO THE END OF THE SOCIAL WAR BETWEEN THE ACHÆANS AND ÆTOLIANS
- CHAP. LXIV FROM THE END OF THE SOCIAL WAR BETWEEN THE ÆTOLIANS AND THE ACHÆANS TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LIBERTY OF GREECE UNDER ROMAN PROTECTION
- CHAP. LXV FROM THE PROCLAMATION OF THE LIBERTY OF GREECE UNDER ROMAN PROTECTION TO THE EMBASSY OF CALLICRATES TO ROME
- CHAP. LXVI FROM THE EMBASSY OF CALLICRATES TO ROME TO THE REDUCTION OF GREECE INTO A ROMAN PROVINCE
- INDEX
Summary
The appearance of Antigonus with an army before Argos implies a series of events, which are scarcely noticed by any of the authors who have preserved fragments of the history of this period. Pausanias says the most, when he mentions that, while Pyrrhus was occupied with the invasion of Greece, Antigonus recovered the Macedonian cities. Pyrrhus, as we have seen, had given some offence to the national feelings, and even without such an occasion, it would not have been surprising that a revolution should have taken place during his absence. But the recovery of places in Macedonia cannot have been the first or chief object that engaged the attention of Antigonus. For the present all he wanted was an army to enable him to meet his rival in Greece, and in this period nothing was easier than to raise one. There were every where military adventurers ready to flock to any standard which held out a prospect of prey or plunder. It is probable that, as soon as he had collected a sufficient force, he began his march, reserving the settlement of Macedonia for his future leisure. After the fall of Pyrrhus, the greater part of his army, which was chiefly composed of Macedonians, seems to have passed into the service of Antigonus.
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- A History of Greece , pp. 78 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1844