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The '''Battle of Chaeronea''' was fought between [[Philip of Macedon]] and an army from the [[Greek]] [[city states]] of [[Athens]] and [[Thebes]] in 338 B.C. 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.  This ended the [[Fourth Sacred War]]. Philip was the unquestioned master of Greece.  His son [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] fought in the battle as a commander of cavalry.

The '''Battle of Chaeronea''' was fought between [[Philip of Macedon]] and an army from the [[Greek]] [[city states]] of [[Athens]] and [[Thebes]] on the 2 August 338 B.C.

 

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.  This ended the [[Fourth Sacred War]]. Philip was now the unquestioned master of Greece.  His son [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] "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==

==Sources==

Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979

Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979

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