Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - Ahakoa kua whawhai te Achaean League ki Maketonia mo nga tau tekau, i tukuna e Aratus he karere ki a Antigonus III i te 226 BC e rapu ana i tetahi hononga ohorere inaianei ko te kingi whakarereke Cleomenes III o Sparta e whakawehi ana i te toenga o Kariki i te Cleomenean War
(229<unk>222 BC). Hei utu mo te awhina hoia, i tono a Antigonus III kia hoki mai a Koriniti ki te mana o Makeronia, i whakaae a Aratus i te 225 BC. Ko te nekehanga tuatahi a Antigonus III ki a Sparta ko te hopu i Arcadia i te puna o te 224 BC. Whai muri i te whakahoutanga o te Rōpū Hellenic i te ahua ano o te Rōpū o Koriniti a Philip II me te utu i nga hoia o Illyrian mo te tautoko taapiri, i kaha a Antigonus III ki te patu i a Sparta i te Pakanga o Sellasia i te 222 BC. Mo te wa tuatahi i roto i te hitori o Sparta, i noho to ratou pa i te mana ke, i whakahoki mai i te mana o Makeronia hei mana nui i Kariki. I mate a Antigonus i te tau i muri mai, pea na te mate pukupuku, i mahue i muri i a ia he kingitanga Hellenistic kaha mo tana kaiwhaiwhai a Philip V.