The King's Peace (386 B.C.E.) represented which of the following?
A) A betrayal of the principle of Greek independence once gloriously defended in the Persian Wars
B) An unprecedented truce among the Greeks as they prepared to face a new common enemy: Macedonia
C) The embarrassing truth that democracy had failed and only a king could enforce peace among the city-states
D) A final attempt by Philip of Macedonia to get southern Greeks to ally with him willingly

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The King's Peace, also known as the Peace of Antalcidas, was a peace treaty that effectively ended the Corinthian War between Sparta and its allies and the coalition of other Greek states. It was brokered by the Persian king Artaxerxes II and required the Greek city-states to recognize Persian control over their Asian territories and Cyprus, betraying the principle of Greek independence that was a hallmark of the earlier Persian Wars.