Origins[edit]

Provoked by Athens' increasingly dominating stance over the Second Athenian League, Chios, Rhodes, Cos and Byzantion overthrew their democratic governments and broke away from the league. The Athenian generals Chares and Chabrias were given command of the Athenian fleet.

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ISBN

Peake, Scott (1997). "A Note on the Dating of the Social War". Greece & Rome. 44 (2). Cambridge University Press: 161–164. :10.1093/gr/44.2.161. JSTOR 643057.

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Ruzicka, Stephen (1998). "Epaminondas and the Genesis of the Social War". Classical Philology. 93: 60–69. :10.1086/449375. S2CID 162163557.

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Sealey, Raphael (1955). "Athens after the Social War". Journal of Hellenic Studies. 75. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies: 74–81. :10.2307/629172. JSTOR 629172. S2CID 155484800.

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