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The '''Battle of Chaeronea''', fought on the 2nd of August 338 BC, was the final conclusion of the [[Fourth Sacred War]] which saw [[Philip II of Macedon]] elevated as absolute ruler among the [[Greek]] [[city states]].  The primary contestants were the [[Macedonians]] and an allied army primarily from [[Athens]] and [[Thebes]].

Philip's 32,000 men defeated the allied force of 50,000, leaving 20,000 dead.  The losses of Philip are unknown but must have been severe, but the outcome was final.   His son [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] then only sixteen "is said to have been the first man that charge the Thebans' sacred band"<ref>Plutarch, Life of Alexander</ref> and fought in the battle as a commander of cavalry.

==Sources==

Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979

==References==

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