How Did Federalism Have Saved The Greeks

It is hard to say whether federalism would have saved the Greeks. On one hand, a combined Greek force would have had a much better chance against Phillip and the Macedonian force. On the other hand, Phillip made some very significant changes in the way the Macedonian army fought that it would have very difficult for even a united Greek force to compete with them. Even if the Greeks had been divided, the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War left many of the Greek states, especially Athens, with depleted resources, meaning they weren’t quite prepared to finance another war right then. One of the biggest reasons that federalism wouldn’t have saved the Greeks is that fact that Phillip made some drastic changes to the Macedonian military. He