RESULTS: Gauls retire on payment of ransom. The overthrow of Rome
had no permanent effect on her fortunes.
=SECOND SACRED WAR.=--c. 355-346 B. C.
(1) =Phocians= vs. (2) Amphictyons.
CAUSE: Phocians seize and plunder Delphi because of fine imposed by
Amphictyonic Council.
LEADERS: (1) =Onomarchus=; (2) Philip of Macedon.
RESULTS: Thebans and Thessalians invite aid of Philip against
Phocians and he takes their place in the Amphictyonic Council.
=THIRD SACRED WAR.=--339-338 B. C.
(1) =Macedonians= vs. (2) Athenians, Thebans.
CAUSE: Amphictyons call in Philip to punish Amphissa, whereupon he
seizes Elatea, thereby threatening Athens. Athenians aroused by
Demosthenes.