The Social War , also known as the War of the Allies , was fought from 357 BC to 355 BC between Athens with the Second Athenian League and the allied city-states of Chios , Rhodes , Cos and Byzantion .
18-745: Social War may refer to: Social War (357–355 BC) , or the War of the Allies, fought between the Second Athenian Empire and the allies of Chios, Rhodes, and Cos as well as Byzantium Social War (220–217 BC) , fought among the southern Greek states Social War (91–87 BC) , or the Italian or Marsic War, fought between the Roman Republic and several Italian cities The Social War , an 1872 novel Topics referred to by
36-457: A Persian general and satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia . He was the son of the Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia Pharnabazus II , and younger kinsman (most probably nephew) of Ariobarzanes of Phrygia who revolted against Artaxerxes III around 356 BC. His first wife was an unnamed Greek woman from Rhodes , sister of the two mercenaries Mentor of Rhodes and Memnon of Rhodes . Towards
54-464: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Social War (357%E2%80%93355 BC) Provoked by Athens' increasingly dominating stance over the Second Athenian League , Chios, Rhodes, Cos and Byzantion overthrew their democratic governments and broke away from the league. The Athenian generals Chares and Chabrias were given command of
72-515: The Battle of Embata Timotheus and Iphicrates refused to engage due to a blowing gale but Chares did engage and lost many of his ships. Timotheus and Iphicrates were accused by Chares and put on trial, however only Timotheus was condemned to pay a fine, and escaped. King Philip II of Macedon , father of Alexander the Great , used the war as an opportunity to further the interests of his Macedonian kingdom in
90-559: The Aegean region. In 357 BC, Philip captured Amphipolis , a depot for the gold and silver mines from Mount Pangaion and the approach to it, as well as for timber, securing Macedon's economic and political future. He secretly offered Amphipolis to the Athenians in exchange for the valuable port Pydna ; when they complied, both Pydna and Potidaea were conquered over the winter and occupied; Philip, however, did not surrender Amphipolis. He also took
108-694: The Athenian fleet. During midsummer of 357 BC Chabrias 's fleet was defeated and he was killed in the attack on the island of Chios . In 356 BC, the revolting allies ravaged the Athenian-loyal islands of Lemnos and Imbros but were only able to lay siege to Samos because it was defended by cleruchs . Chares was given complete command of the Athenian fleet and withdrew to the Hellespont for operations against Byzantion. The generals Timotheus , Iphicrates and his son Menestheus were sent to help him. At
126-483: The absence of Artabazos, Mentor of Rhodes , his brother-in-law, was of great service to the king of Persia in his war against Nectanebo II of Egypt . After the close of this war, in the summer of 342 BC, Artaxerxes gave Mentor the command against the rebellious satraps of western Asia. Mentor took advantage of this opportunity to ask the king to grant a pardon to Artabazos and Memnon. The king agreed and both men and their families were able to return to Persia. After
144-418: The capture and death of his brother, Artabazos was made satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia , but in 356 BC he refused obedience to the new Persian king, Artaxerxes III . Artaxerxes had ordered the disbanding of all the satrapal armies of Asia Minor , as he felt that they could no longer guarantee peace in the west and was concerned that these armies equipped the western satraps with the means to revolt. The order
162-545: The city of Crenides from the Odrysae and renamed it Philippi . Chares was in need of money for his war effort but frowned upon asking it from home; thus, partly compelled by his mercenaries, he entered the service of Artabazus , rebel satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia . The Athenians originally approved this collaboration but then ordered it to be dropped after the Persian king Artaxerxes III Ochus complained, since they feared he would otherwise start supporting their opponents in
180-507: The court of Philip II of Macedonia in Pella , together with their 11 sons and 10 daughters. Artabazos, who was 37, and his family were exiled at the court of Philip II for about ten years, from 352 to 342, and during that time Artabazos became acquainted with the future Alexander the Great . Barsine , daughter of Artabazos, and future wife of Alexander, grew up at the Macedonian court. During
198-485: The end of his life, he became satrap of Bactria for Alexander the Great . In 362 BC, Artabazos was sent by Artaxerxes II to capture Datames , the satrap of Cappadocia , who had joined in the Satraps' revolt in which Artabazus' brother, Ariobarzanes , was a participant. However, Artabazos was defeated by Datames. Artaxerxes II ultimately prevailed, and Ariobarzanes was crucified and Datames assassinated. Following
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#1732837017487216-419: The final defeat and death of Darius III in 330 BC, Alexander recognised and rewarded Artabazos for his loyalty to the Persian king by giving him the satrapy of Bactria , a post he held until his death in 328 BC. Artabazos' daughter, Barsine , may have married Alexander and may have been the mother of Heracles . Another daughter, Artacama , was given in marriage to Ptolemy ; and a third daughter, Artonis,
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252-513: The troops of Chares. The Satrap of Mysia , Orontes I , was also on his side. Later, Artabazos was also supported by the Thebans , who sent him 5,000 men under Pammenes . With the assistance of these and other allies, Artabazos defeated the King in two great battles. However, Artaxerxes III was later able to deprive Artabazos of his Athenian and Boeotian allies by counter-bribing them, whereupon Artabazos
270-447: The war. Furthermore, as a result of increasing Athenian operations near the Persian empire, in 356 BC Persia asked Athens to leave Asia Minor and threatened war. In 355 BC, Athens, not in any shape for another war, complied and withdrew by recognizing the independence of the confederate allies. Artabazus of Phrygia Artabazos II (in Greek Ἀρτάβαζος) ( fl. 389 – 328 BC) was
288-531: Was defeated by the king's general, Autophradates , and was taken prisoner. Mentor and Memnon , two brothers-in-law of Artabazos, who had supported him, still continued the revolt, as they were aided by the Athenian mercenary leader, Charidemus . Together they were able to free Artabazos. After this, Artabazos seems either to have continued his rebellious operations or at least started a fresh revolt. However, eventually, he had no choice but to flee with Memnon and his family. They went into exile and took refuge at
306-467: Was given in marriage to Eumenes . For Barsine, the daughter of Artabazus, who was the first lady Alexander took to his bed in Asia, and who brought him a son named Heracles, had two sisters; one of which, called Apame, he gave to Ptolemy; and the other, called Artonis, he gave to Eumenes, at the time when he was selecting Persian ladies as wives for his friends. In 328 BC, Artabazos resigned his satrapy, which
324-438: Was ignored by Artabazus, who asked for the help of Athens in a rebellion against the king. Artabazos then became involved in a revolt against the king and against other satraps who acknowledged the authority of Artaxerxes III. Artabazos was at first supported by Chares , an Athenian general, and his mercenaries, whom he rewarded very generously. The gold coinage of Artabazos is thought to have been issued specifically to reward
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