The last period in the history of Greece presents us with long wars
among different successors of Alexander for the sovereignty of the Greek
states, and factions and intrigue rife in and between the different
communities. From time to time great and patriotic men arise, making a
struggle glorious but vain for the restoration of political freedom and
the spirit of the olden time. We find “leagues” and confederations
formed in order to resist the coming doom of political extinction.