Page "369 BC" Paragraph 7

* On the death of the Macedonian King Amyntas III, his eldest son Alexander II becomes king.

The young king is simultaneously faced with an Illyrian invasion from the north-west and an attack from the east by the pretender of the Macedonian throne, Pausanias ( who quickly captures several cities and threatens the queen mother, Eurydice ).

Alexander defeats his enemies with the help of the Athenian general Iphicrates, who has been sailing along the Macedonian coast on the way to recapture Amphipolis.