ABSTRACT
The celebrations at Aegae were but one part of the Macedonian king's greater attempts 'to show kindness to the Greeks' even after his great success at Chaeronea. Secure after that decisive military victory over the southern poleis, Philip avoided further retribution and set out instead to construct a durable peace in mainland Greece. This chapter reviews those Macedonian efforts to reconcile with former adversaries and establish an enduring settlement in the Greek world, work that culminated with a Macedonian peace and the subsequent formation of the 'Corinthian League' early in 337 bc. These initiatives are of great importance, and because Philip's post-Chaeronea actions did much to shape the Hellenic world in the Hellenistic Age to come. More immediately, a study of Macedonian proposals also offers an opportunity to consider not only the strategic importance of peace in an ongoing contest between rival powers, but also the practical realities of, and constraints on, peace in the mid-fourth century bc.
