Lamian War

The Lamian War, also called the Hellenic War, was fought in 323 and 322 BC when Athens and a coalition of Greek states rose against Macedonian hegemony after the death of Alexander the Great. The revolt followed Alexander's Exiles' Decree and the news of his death in June 323 BC, and the allies formed a Hellenic League under the Athenian commander Leosthenes, who besieged the Macedonian general Antipater in the city of Lamia, which gave the war its name. A Macedonian fleet under Cleitus the White defeated the overstretched Athenian navy, and Antipater, joined by reinforcements from Asia, beat the Greeks on land at the Battle of Krannon. Athens capitulated, gave up its navy, accepted a Macedonian garrison and lost its democracy, and it never again led Greek affairs as an independent power.