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-===Paionia and Illyria===
-{{Main|Battle of Erigon Valley}}
-The following year (358 BC), Philip heard that the Paionian king, Agis, had died. Taking advantage of their political disarray and transition of power, Philip marched his army into Paionia, where he defeated the Paionians. He then compelled the tribe to swear allegiance to Macedon.<ref name=Buckley467*/><ref name=DSXVI4/>
-Philip was now able to turn to the Illyrians, who were still occupying much of upper Macedon (whether agreed by treaty or not).<ref name=Buckley467*/><ref name=DSXVI4/> Elimea and Eordaea had probably been the only principalities loyal to the Macedonian kingdom during the Illirian invasion.<ref name=king73>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=73}}</ref> On the other hand, Lynkestis was ruled by a competing dynasty related the Macedonian throne (and probably to Philip's mother, [[Eurydice I of Macedon|Eurydice]]) and other Upper Macedonia districts had links to foreign powers. Pelangonia was a traditional Athenian ally in Upper Macedonia<ref name=king73>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=73}}</ref> whilst Lynkestis, Orestis and Tymphaea had links with the molossian kingdom and Epirus.<ref>{{harvnb|Hammond|1993|pp=132–133}}</ref><ref name=king73>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=73}}</ref> All of them enjoyed under the Illyrian and Paionian threat an opportunity to defy the central power and many were now under Bardylis hegemony.<ref name=king73>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=73}}</ref>
-Philip held an assembly of the army, gathered together a force of 10,000 men and 600 cavalry and marched into Illyria.<ref name=DSXVI4/> Philip had also married [[Phila of Elimeia]], ensuring an alliance with a principality of Upper Macedonia reputed by their cavalry.<ref name=king110>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=110}}</ref> Bardylis, hearing of the preparations, sent ambassadors to Philip, proposing peace on the basis of the status quo. Philip rejected this, insisting that the Illyrians must withdraw completely from Macedonia, so Bardylis instead prepared for battle, raising 10,000 men and 500 cavalry, according to Diodorus.<ref name=DSXVI4/>
-Diodorus preserves the only account of the battle, which Beloch suggested may have taken place near [[Bitola|Monastir]].<ref>Oldfather, note to Diodorus XVI.4.</ref> He says that: {{Quotation|When the armies approached each other and with a great outcry clashed in the battle, Philip, commanding the right wing, which consisted of the flower of the Macedonians serving under him, ordered his cavalry to ride past the ranks of the barbarians and attack them on the flank, while he himself falling on the enemy in a frontal assault began a bitter combat. But the Illyrians, forming themselves into a square, courageously entered the fray. And at first for a long while the battle was evenly poised because of the exceeding gallantry displayed on both sides, and as many were slain and still more wounded, the fortune of battle vacillated first one way then the other, being constantly swayed by the valorous deeds of the combatants; but later as the horsemen pressed on from the flank and rear and Philip with the flower of his troops fought with true heroism, the mass of the Illyrians was compelled to take hastily to flight.|[[Diodorus Siculus]]<ref name=DSXVI4/>}}
-According to Diodorus, some 7,000 Illyrians died in the battle.<ref name=DSXVI4/> The Illyrians withdrew from Macedon and sued for peace. After this campaign Philip had established his authority inland as far as [[Lake Ohrid]].<ref name=Talbert>{{harvnb|Talbert|2002|p=63}}</ref><ref name=king73>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=73}}</ref> After the battle, not only were the Illyrians expelled, but also the king [[Menelaus of Pelagonia]] was exiled to Athens,<ref>Bosworth, A. B. (1971). Philip II and Upper Macedonia. The Classical Quarterly, 21(1), 93-105.</ref> leaving Philip as the sole overlord of the Upper Macedonia area. This allowed him to levy troops from a wider manpower pool during the rest of his reign.<ref name=Hammond2001>{{harvnb|Hammond|2001|p=206}}</ref><ref name=king110>{{harvnb|King|2017|p=110}}</ref> Some areas like Pelagonia were outright annexed whilst others like the loyal Elimea or the more distant valleys kept their autonomy as vassals. Philip reorganized the Macedonian administration into districts and established the [[Companion cavalry|companion system]] to keep the Macedonian nobility controlled. Many of Philip's and Alexander's more famous generals came from the Upper Macedonia nobility.
-Philip also gained the favour of the [[Epirus (ancient state)|Epirotes]], his southwestern neighbors, who had also been at war with the Illyrians.{{cref|a}}<ref name=Ellis734>{{harvnb|Ellis|1994|p=734}}.</ref> The following year, Philip married the niece of the molossian king of Epirus, [[Olympias|Myrtale]], which may have brought the frontier area between Macedon and Epirus, [[Orestis (region)|Orestis]], under Philip's sphere of influence as part of her dowry.<ref name=Griffith1979>{{harvnb|Griffith|1979|p=476-478}}</ref>
-To the nortwest, Illyrians tribes like the Taulantii or the Dardanians had been expelled but not subjugated.<ref name=Talbert>{{harvnb|Talbert|2002|p=63}}</ref> To the north, the extent of control over Paionia is discussed with the records and coins showing their own kings but most likely under some vassal or tributary status.<ref name=Talbert>{{harvnb|Talbert|2002|p=63}}</ref>
-== Bibliography ==
-* {{Cite book|First=G.T.|last=Griffith|year=1979|title=A History of Macedonia|vol=e|ref=harv}}
-Hammond, N. G. L. and G. T. Griffith. 1979. A History of Macedonia. Vol. 2. Oxford.
-* {{Cite book|title=Ancient Macedonia|first=Carol J.|last=King|publisher=Routledge|year=2017|ISBN=1351710311|ref=harv}}