Cassander and the Greek city-states (319-317 B.C.)
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.34, No.2, 1993, pages 197-211
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The control and support of the Greek city-states played an essential rolein Cassander’s bid for the regency in Macedonia against Polyperchon. FollowingCassander’s departure from Macedonia in 319 B.C., the Macedoniangarrisons of the poleis constituted his only independent forces and the citystatesthemselves his only allies in Greece. Equally, it was Polyperchon’smain policy to disengage Cassander from that support. In the period from319 to 317, it was precisely in Polyperchon’s attempts to dislodge Cassanderthat he proved his incompetence to the Macedonians, and it was on that veryplatform that Cassander displayed his own ability and thereby secured theregency and his return to Macedonia in 317. The control of Greece Properbecame the key to the control of Macedonia.
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Ελληνικές πόλεις-κράτη (319-317 π.Χ.)
