Cleomenes had 30,000 infantrymen composing of hoplites, perioikoi and about 650 cavalries. The Spartan phalanx, under the command of Cleomenes was arranged on a hill named Olympus near Sellasia and were supported by a body of light infantry mercenaries. The allied troops of Sparta and the perioikoi phalanx were occupied by the commander Eucleidas on the other hill, Evas at the left wing. The centre were made up of Spartan cavalries, supported by other light infantrymen. Cleomenes probably hoped for a higher tactical position that would compensate numerical inferiorities: it had dug a dit ...

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Demetrius was received warmly by the young king (whose father was also called Demetrius), becoming one of Philip's most trusted advisors. According to Polybius, Demetrius was instrumental in turning Philip's ambitions toward Illyria and Rome. In 217 BC when Philip learned of the victory of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, over the Romans, at Lake Trasimene, Philip at first showed the letter only to Demetrius. Perhaps seeing a chance to recover his possessions in Illyria and exact a measure of revenge on Rome, Demetrius immediately ...

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Piracy, a well-established practice and probably an important source of income among the Illyrians,7 had been one of the causes of the First Illyrian War. One of the conditions imposed by Rome, following that war, expressly prohibited Illyrian warships south of Lissus.8 Nevertheless, in 220 BC, with 90 warships (lembi), Demetrius and fellow Illyrian Scerdiladas embarked on a piratical expedition, in violation of the treaty w ...

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Polybius also blamed Demetrius' influence for Philips tyrannical behavior.18. One incident involved Philip's apparent role in a massacre carried out by the people against their leaders that occurred at Messene in 215 BC.19 Arriving on the seen the day after the massacre, wanting to seize the acropolis, Philip asked his advisors whether the entrails of a sacrifice which had been made, indicated that he should "quit the citade ...

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The following spring, in 219 BC, the Roman Senate sent the Consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus, with an army to Illyria.12 Upon discovering Rome's intent, Demetrius put to death those Illyrians who opposed his rule, fortified Dimale and went to Pharos. After a siege of seven days, Dimale was taken by direct assault. At Pharos, by disguising the size of his attacking forces, Lucius Aemilius tricked Demetrius into leaving his stronghold (at modern Stari Grad), and marching down to the harbor to ...

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The Battle of Sellasia was a war that took place in 222 BC between the armies of Antigonus III Doson, King of Macedonia and Cleomenes III, King of Sparta, the Spartan Forces were massacred and Cleomenes fled to Egypt. Arrived at capacity in 235 BC after the death of Leonidas II, son of King Cleomenes III undertook an ambitious political restoration of Sparta's power by returning to a legendary political tradition of Lycurgus. King of Macedonia, Antigonus Doson responded and regained the influence lost from the Peloponnes ...

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