In an attempt to stop Alexander of Pherae from the north of Boeotia from becoming a tyrant of this region in 369 BC, the Aleulads appealed to the son Amyntas II to forestall the would-be tyrant.
In an attempt to stop Alexander of Pherae from the north of Boeotia from becoming a tyrant of this region in 369 BC, the Aleulads appealed to the son Amyntas II to forestall the would-be tyrant. One ruling family in this region was the Scopads of Crannon and later in the Battle of Crocus Plain, during the Third Sacred War, this city-state, as part of the majority in the Amphictyonic League, aligned with Macedon to beat the combined Phocian and Pherian armies. In gratitude for the Macedonian's aid in reestablishing the Confederacy here, the aristocrats of the House of Larissa offered Philip of Macedon the title of archon for life. Named after the son of Haemon, for 10  points, name this region that had Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, as a ruler and also contains the city where Caesar defeated Pompey in 48BC, Pharsalus.
In an attempt to stop Alexander of Pherae from the north of Boeotia from becoming a tyrant of this region in 369 BC, the Aleulads appealed to the son Amyntas II to forestall the would-be tyrant.
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