A historical anecdote explains why the Macedonians and Spartans never went to war when king Philip conquered all of Greece.

A year later Sparta cancelled its peace treaty with Athens. Then in 431 BC a contingent of soldiers from Thebes, Sparta's ally, tried to seize control of a town called Potidea. Caught and ...

Only a decade later Sparta had been reduced to a shadow of its former self. But Thebes' dominance of Greece would be short-lived. A new power had begun to assert its leadership over the country ...

what would stop them from moving on Athens or Sparta? It seems like his example worked, as any plans Athens had of mobilizing to assist Thebes or revolt against Alexander halted. Alexander’s ...