Battle of Crocus Field

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Crocus Field was a decisive clash in ancient Greece in which Philip II of Macedon crushed the Phocians, cementing Macedonian dominance over central Greece.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Crocus Field canonical	4
Battle of the Crocus Field	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
aftermath	Macedonian influence in Thessaly consolidated ⓘ Onomarchus killed ⓘ Phocian power severely weakened ⓘ
associatedWith	Amphictyonic League politics ⓘ
belligerentLeader	Onomarchus of Phocis ⓘ Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
casualties	heavy Phocian casualties ⓘ
combatant	Macedon ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Macedon Phocian League ⓘ Thessalian allies of Macedon ⓘ
commandedBy	Onomarchus ⓘ Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
conflictType	land battle ⓘ
date	c. 352 BC ⓘ
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
followedBy	further Macedonian intervention in central Greece ⓘ
historicalPeriod	4th century BC ⓘ
involves	Macedonian phalanx ⓘ Phocian mercenary infantry ⓘ
locatedIn	Thessaly ⓘ Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece
namedAfter	Vale of Tempe in Greece ⓘ surface form: Crocus Field plain in Thessaly
opponentOf	Onomarchus's Phocian forces ⓘ
opposedBy	Phocian mercenary forces ⓘ
outcome	Macedon gains strategic control in Thessaly ⓘ Phocian strategic collapse in the north ⓘ
partOf	Philip II of Macedon's rise to power in Greece ⓘ Third Sacred War ⓘ
place	Crocus Field ⓘ
precededBy	earlier engagements of the Third Sacred War ⓘ
relatedTo	Sacred Wars ⓘ
result	Macedonian dominance over central Greece strengthened ⓘ decisive Macedonian victory ⓘ defeat of the Phocians ⓘ
significance	decisive clash in the Third Sacred War ⓘ paved the way for Macedonian hegemony in Greece ⓘ
usedBy	Philip II of Macedon as a step toward controlling Greek affairs ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Sacred War → significantBattle → Battle of Crocus Field ⓘ

Philip II of Macedon → notableBattle → Battle of Crocus Field ⓘ

Battle of Orchomenus (352 BCE) → precededBy → Battle of Crocus Field ⓘ

Onomarchus → killedIn → Battle of Crocus Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Crocus Field

Phocians → notableBattle → Battle of Crocus Field ⓘ