Cika wannan magana: Aratus ya aika da jakadanci zuwa Antigonus III a 226BC neman kawance ba zato ba tsammani yanzu da mai gyarawa sarki Cleomenes III na Sparta yana barazana ga sauran Girka a cikin
Yaƙin Cleomenean (229<unk>222BC). A musayar taimakon soja, Antigonus III ya buƙaci dawo da Koranti zuwa ikon Macedonian, wanda Aratus ya yarda da shi a ƙarshe a cikin 225BC. A cikin 224BC, sojojin Antigonus III sun ɗauki Arcadia daga Sparta. Bayan kafa ƙungiyar Hellenic a cikin irin wannan hanyar da PhilipII's League of Corinth, ya yi nasarar kayar da Sparta a yakin Sellasia a 222BC. Sparta ya mallaki wani ikon kasashen waje a karo na farko a tarihinta, ya dawo da matsayin Macedonia a matsayin babban iko a Girka. Antigonus ya mutu bayan shekara guda, wataƙila daga tarin fuka, ya bar mulkin Hellenistic mai ƙarfi ga magajinsa PhilipV.