Athens and the Athenians

The city of amphipolis was a former athenian colony that had lately fallen into macedonian hands. A plan emerged among the politicians of athens to support one of the claimants to the macedonian throne with ships and soldiers. Unfortunately, the athenians backed the wrong horse when Perdicass 24 year old brother philip easily defeated argios in battle. Philip set about fighting barbaric tribes on other borders, and peace ruled between the two powers. But years later, as athens was racked by an internal power struggle,. philip marched on and captured amphipolis. Now, with amphipolis securely under his control, philip had unlimited access to the gold