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srpskohrvatski српскохрватски සිංහල slovenščina shqip српски srpski türkçe українська اردو მარგალური 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia conflicts between rome and various greek kingdoms 214 148 bc macedonian war redirects here for the early 20th century conflict see macedonian struggle macedonian wars macedonia and their environs c 200 bc v t e macedonian wars first macedonian war 214 205 bc apollonia 1st lamia 2nd lamia mantinea second macedonian war 200 196 bc aous cynoscephalae roman seleucid war 192 188 bc thermopylae corycus eurymedon myonessus magnesia third macedonian war 172 168 bc callinicus pydna fourth macedonian war 150 148 bc thalna s defeat pydna 148 bc v t e roman seleucid war thermopylae corycus eurymedon myonessus magnesia mount olympus ancyra the macedonian wars 214 148 bc were a series of conflicts fought by the roman republic and its greek allies in the eastern mediterranean against several different major greek kingdoms they resulted in roman control or influence over greece and the rest of the eastern mediterranean basin in addition to their hegemony in the western mediterranean after the pyrrhic and punic wars traditionally the macedonian wars include the four wars with macedonia in addition to one war with the seleucid empire and a final minor war with the achaean league which is often considered to be the final stage of the final macedonian war the most significant war was fought with the seleucid empire and both this and the wars with macedonia effectively marked the end of these empires as major world powers even though neither of them led immediately to overt roman domination 1 four separate wars were fought against the weaker power macedonia due to its geographic proximity to rome though the last two of these wars were against haphazard insurrections rather than powerful armies 2 roman influence gradually dissolved macedonian independence and digested it into what was becoming a leading empire the outcome of the war with the now deteriorating seleucid empire was ultimately fatal to it as well though the growing influence of parthia and pontus prevented any additional conflicts between it and rome 2 from the close of the macedonian wars until the early roman empire the eastern mediterranean remained an ever shifting network of polities with varying levels of independence from dependence on or outright military control by rome 3 according to polybius 4 who sought to trace how rome came to dominate the greek east in less than a century rome s wars with greece were set in motion after several greek city states sought roman protection against the macedonian kingdom and seleucid empire in the face of a destabilizing situation created by the weakening of ptolemaic egypt 5 in contrast to the west the greek east had been dominated by major empires for centuries and roman influence and alliance seeking led to wars with these empires that further weakened them and therefore created an unstable power vacuum that only rome was capable of pacifying 6 this had some important similarities and some important differences to what had occurred in italy centuries earlier but was this time on a continental scale historians 7 failed verification see the growing roman influence over the east as with the west not as a matter of intentional empire building but constant crisis management narrowly focused on accomplishing short term goals within a highly unstable unpredictable and inter dependent network of alliances and dependencies 8 with some major exceptions of outright military rule such as parts of mainland greece the eastern mediterranean world remained an alliance of independent city states and kingdoms with varying degrees of independence both de jure and de facto until it transitioned into the roman empire 9 it wasn t until the time of the roman empire that the eastern mediterranean along with the entire roman world was organized into provinces under explicit roman control 10 first macedonian war 214 to 205 bc edit main article first macedonian war further information history of macedonia ancient kingdom the macedonian wars and the roman conquest of greece during the second punic war philip v of macedon allied himself with hannibal 11 12 fearing possible reinforcement of hannibal by macedon the senate dispatched marcus valerius laevinus with forces across the adriatic roman maniples aided by allies from the aetolian league and pergamon after 211 bc did little more than skirmish with macedonian forces and seize minor territory along the adriatic coastline in order to combat piracy rome s interest was not in conquest but in keeping macedon busy while rome was fighting hannibal the war ended indecisively in 205 bc with the treaty of phoenice while a minor conflict it opened the way for roman military intervention in macedon this conflict though fought between rome and macedon was largely independent of the roman macedon wars that followed which began with the second macedonian war and were largely dependent on each other in the next century 13 second macedonian war 200 to 196 bc edit main article second macedonian war the past century had seen the greek world dominated by the three primary successor kingdoms of alexander the great s empire ptolemaic kingdom antigonid macedon and the seleucid empire the imperial ambitions of the seleucids after 230 bc were particularly destabilizing the seleucids set out to conquer egypt and ptolemies responded with a major mobilization campaign this campaign led to military victory against seleucid incursions but in 205 bc when ptolemy iv was succeeded by the five year old ptolemy v under a regency revolts broke out in egypt itself leading to seccession of upper egypt seeing that all of the ptolemaic realm could now be conquered easily the macedonians and seleucids forged an alliance to conquer and divide the ptolemaic empire between themselves 14 this pact represented the most significant threat to the century old political order that had kept the greek world in relative stability and in particular represented a major threat to the smaller greek kingdoms which had remained independent as macedonia and the seleucid empire were the source of the threat and egypt was in turmoil the minor greek states turned to rome for assistance this diplomatic development represented a major change as the greeks had recently shown little more than contempt towards rome and rome little more than apathy towards greece ambassadors from pergamon and rhodes brought evidence before the roman senate that philip v of macedon and antiochus iii of the seleucid empire had signed the non aggression pact although it is unclear what was the exact nature of this treaty and the exact roman reason for getting involved despite decades of apathy towards greece the relevant passages on this from our primary source polybius have been lost the greek delegation was successful in eliciting roman aid 15 initially rome did not intend to fight a war against macedon but rather to intervene on their behalf diplomatically 15 rome gave philip an ultimatum that he must cease in his campaigns against rome s new greek allies doubting rome s strength not an unfounded belief given rome s performance in the first macedonian war philip ignored the request which surprised the romans believing their honor and reputation on the line rome escalated the conflict by sending an army of romans and greek allies to force the issue beginning the second macedonian war 16 surprisingly given his recent successes against the greeks and earlier successes against rome philip s army buckled under the pressure from the roman greek army roman troops led by then consul titus quinctius flamininus reached the plain of thessaly by 198 bc 17 in 197 bc the romans decisively defeated philip at the battle of cynoscephalae and he ordered for peace 18 in the resulting treaty of tempea philip v was forbidden from interfering with affairs outside his borders and was required to relinquish his recent greek conquests at the olympiad in 196 bc rome proclaimed the freedom of the greeks which constituted rome s arguably misguided new policy towards greece this was that greece was now stable and rome could completely remove itself from greek affairs without risking more instability 19 it seemed that rome had no further interest in the region as they withdrew all military forces without even attempting to consolidate any gains and subsequently returned to their prior apathy even when their greek allies ignored later roman requests 19 seleucid war 192 to 188 bc edit main article roman seleucid war v t e roman seleucid war thermopylae corycus eurymedon myonessus magnesia mount olympus ancyra with egypt and macedonia now weakened the seleucid empire became increasingly aggressive and successful in its attempts to conquer the entire greek world 20 when rome pulled out of greece at the end of the second macedonian war they and their allies thought they had left behind a stable peace however by weakening the last remaining check on seleucid expansion they left behind the opposite now not only did rome s allies against philip seek a roman alliance against the seleucids but philip himself even sought an alliance with rome 21 the situation was made worse by the fact that hannibal was now a chief military advisor to the seleucid emperor and the two were believed to be planning for an outright conquest not just of greece but of rome also 22 the seleucids were much stronger than the macedonians had ever been given that they controlled much of the former persian empire and by this point had almost entirely reassembled alexander the great s former empire 22 fearing the worst the romans began a major mobilization all but pulling out of recently pacified spain and gaul 22 they even established a major garrison in sicily in case the seleucids ever invaded italy 22 this fear was shared by rome s greek allies who had largely ignored rome in the years after the second macedonian war but now followed rome again for the first time since that war 22 a major roman greek force was mobilized under the command of the great hero of the second punic war scipio africanus and set out for greece beginning the roman syrian war after initial fighting that revealed serious seleucid weaknesses the seleucids tried to turn the roman strength against them at the battle of thermopylae as they believed the 300 spartans had done centuries earlier to the mighty persian empire 21 like the spartans the seleucids lost the battle and were forced to evacuate greece 21 the romans pursued the seleucids by crossing the hellespont which marked the first time a roman army had ever entered asia 21 the decisive engagement was fought at the battle of magnesia resulting in a complete roman victory 21 23 the seleucids sued for peace and rome forced them to give up their recent greek conquests though they still controlled a great deal of territory this defeat marked the beginning of the end of the seleucid empire as they were to begin facing increasingly aggressive subjects in the east the parthians and the west the greeks as well as judea in the south their empire disintegrated into a rump over the course of the next century when it was eclipsed by pontus following magnesia rome pulled out of greece again assuming or hoping that the lack of a major greek power would ensure a stable peace though it did the opposite 24 third macedonian war 172 to 168 bc edit main article third macedonian war upon philip s death in macedon 179 bc his son perseus of macedon attempted to restore macedon s international influence and moved aggressively against his neighbors 25 when perseus was implicated in an assassination plot against an ally of rome the senate declared the third macedonian war initially rome did not fare well against the macedonian forces but in 168 bc roman legions smashed the macedonian phalanx at the battle of pydna 26 convinced now that the greeks and therefore the rest of the world would never have peace if greece was left alone yet again rome decided to establish its first permanent foothold in the greek world the kingdom of macedonia was divided by the romans into four client republics even this proved insufficient to ensure peace as macedonian agitation continued fourth macedonian war 150 to 148 bc edit main article fourth macedonian war the fourth macedonian war fought from 150 bc to 148 bc was fought against a macedonian pretender to the throne named andriscus attempting to re establish the old kingdom 27 the romans swiftly defeated the macedonians at the second battle of pydna in response the achaean league in 146 bc mobilized for a new war against rome this is sometimes referred to as the achaean war and was noted for its short duration and its timing right after the fall of macedonia until this time rome had only campaigned in greece in order to fight macedonian forts allies or clients rome s military supremacy was well established having defeated macedonia and its vaunted phalanx already on 3 occasions and defeating superior numbers against the seleucids in asia the achaean leaders almost certainly knew that this declaration of war against rome was hopeless as rome had triumphed against far stronger and larger opponents the roman legion having proved its supremacy over the macedonian phalanx polybius blames the demagogues of the cities of the league for inspiring the population into a suicidal war nationalist stirrings and the idea of triumphing against superior odds motivated the league into this rash decision the achaean league was swiftly defeated and as an object lesson rome utterly destroyed the city of corinth in 146 bc the same year that carthage was destroyed 28 after nearly a century of constant crisis management in greece which always led back to internal instability and war when rome pulled out rome decided to divide macedonia into two new roman provinces achaea and epirus citation needed see also edit pyrrhic war antigonid macedonian army seleucid army achaean war offshore balancing papyrus oxyrhynchus 30 references edit eckstein 2008 p 61 1 2 eckstein 2008 p 62 eckstein 2008 p 78 eckstein 2008 p 12 eckstein 2008 p 40 eckstein 2008 p 45 goldsworthy 2003 p 36 eckstein 2008 p 38 madden 2008 p 62 madden 2008 p 64 matyszak 2004 p 47 grant 1978 p 115 eckstein 2008 p 41 eckstein 2008 p 42 1 2 eckstein 2008 p 43 matyszak 2004 p 49 boatwright 2012 p 118 grant 1978 p 117 1 2 eckstein 2008 p 48 eckstein 2008 p 51 1 2 3 4 5 grant 1978 p 119 1 2 3 4 5 eckstein 2008 p 52 lane fox 2005 p 326 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