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Battle of Crocus Field
In 354 BC, Philip II of Macedon invaded south heading for Phokis, only to be defeated by Onomarchos' brilliant artillery ambush, and Philip was expelled from Thessaly. Philip said that he had withdrawn, 'like a ram, to butt the harder'.
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