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MACEDONIAN WARS
215 BC - 168 BC
Who fought THE
MACEDONIAN WARS?
The Roman Republic vs. the Kingdom of Macedonia.
THE CHAPTERS OF THE
MACEDONIAN WARS
There were FOUR
different conflicts:
First Macedonian War
The First Macedonian War was fought 215 BC - 205 BC.
Macedonian King
Philip V
allied with Hannibal
from
Carthage, who was himself involved in a war against Rome,
the Second Punic War.
Brilliant timing, thought Philip, and went ahead to invade Illyria, formerly under Roman domination. The Romans were
unable to defend their territories.
The Peace of Phoenice in 205
BC concluded the war.
The Macedonians won the First Macedonian
War.
Second Macedonian War
The Second Macedonian War was fought 200 BC - 196 BC.
Philip kept going for more territories,
the Romans told him to stop, Philip couldn't hear on that ear. The
Battle of Cynoscephalae
in 197 BC was part of this war. Led by General Titus Quinctius
Flamininus Rome won the battle and the war.
The Romans won the Second Macedonian
War.
Third Macedonian War
The Third Macedonian War was fought 171 BC - 168 BC.
Rome noticed Philip's successor
Perseus trying to ally himself with a number of Greek rulers.
The Romans decided it was time for yet another war. Roman general
Lucius Aemilius Paullus sent the Macedonians packing at the
Battle of Pydna in 168.
To drive the point home, the Romans took Perseus
prisoner and made Macedonia pay annual tribute.
The Romans won the Third Macedonian War.
Fourth Macedonian War
The Fourth Macedonian War was fought 149 BC - 148 BC.
Perseus' son Andriscus thought
the arrangement with Rome stunk and hence war number four was next
on the timeline. Roman General Quintus Caecilius Metellus
straightened the Macedonians out and Macedonia became a Roman
province.
The Romans won the Fourth Macedonian
War.
And here is the map
200 BC Macedonian Empire
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