Polity Odrysian Kingdom (Macedon)

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Was an ancient Thracian state, located in present-day Bulgaria, southeastern Romania (northern Dobruja), northern Greece and European Turkey. The Odrysian Kingdom was defeated and reduced to a vassal by Philip of Macedonia.

Establishment

  • January 354 BC: Philip II defeated the Odrysiand and reduced them to the status of a subject ally.

Chronology

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1. Wars of the Rise of Macedon

Expansion of Macedonia under King Philip II.

  • January 354 BC: Philip II defeated the Odrysiand and reduced them to the status of a subject ally.
  • January 341 BC: In 342 BC, Philip II of Macedonia conquered a Thracian city in modern-day Bulgaria, which was then renamed Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv). This strategic move expanded the territory of the Kingdom of Macedonia.
  • January 341 BC: Expansion of Macedonia by 342 BC.
  • January 339 BC: The Kingdom of Amadocus in Thrace is conquered by Philip II of Macedon. Thrace was not transformed into a Macedonian province, but was put under the loose control of a Strategos.

1.1. Third Sacred War

Was fought between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians.

  • July 346 BC: Following the first Athenian embassy to Macedon, Philip went on campaign against Kersebleptes. Details of the campaign are scarce, but it seems that Philip easily captured the Thracian treasury on the "Sacred Mountain". Then, rather than deposing Kersebleptes, he made him a subject ally.

1.1.1. Peace of Philocrates

The Peace of Philocrates aknowledged the territorial conquests of Macedonia in Phocis and Thrace.

  • January 345 BC: On July 19, Philip II of Macedon made a truce with Phalaikos, the ruler of Phocis. As part of the agreement, Phalaikos surrendered the region to Macedonia.

Disestablishment

  • January 322 BC: Both parties eventually reached a settlement, restricting Seuthes to the interior and Lysimachus to the coastal regions of the Aegean and Black Sea. There is no evidence for Lysimachus vassalizing Seuthes.