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In 448 BC, the Second Sacred War began, as the Lacedaemonians,
Phocians, Athenians, and Delphians all fought over who would control the
oracle. Eventually, the war ended in 421 in the Peace of Nicias, allowing
the Delphians to retain the oracle. In 373 BC, the temple was once again
destroyed, this time by an Earthquake. A second international effort
rebuilt the temple.
Third Sacred War occurred when Phocians seized Delphi after
being fined for cultivating a part of the Krisaean plain. Philip of
Macedon intervened and the temple was given back to the Amphictyonic
League in 346. The Fourth Sacred War was started when the Amphissans
were accused of cultivating the Krisaean plan and were crushed by
Philip of Macedon in 338 BC.
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