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Battle of Crannon
Part of the Lamian War
DateAugust 322 BC
Location
Thessaly
Result Macedonian victory
Belligerents
Macedon Athens,
Aetolian League,
Thessaly
Commanders and leaders
Antipater,
Craterus
Antiphilus,
Menon of Pharsalus
Strength
40,000 infantry,
3,000 slingers and archers,
5,000 cavalry
25,000 infantry,

3,500 cavalry
Casualties and losses
130 dead 500 dead

The Battle of Crannon (322 BC), fought between the Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and the forces of a coalition of cities including Athens and the Aetolian League, was the decisive battle of the Lamian War. The Macedonian victory, though militarily unspectacular, convinced the other Greeks to sue for peace.

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