The War Between Rome And Philip Reis Of Macedonia

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The Macedonian War is a series of conflicts that broke out between Rome and Philip Reis of Macedonia. The conflicts began in the year 215 BC and continued until the year 148 BC. During this period, four major wars occurred between Rome and Macedonia, and the reason for these conflicts between them was the great ambition Of King Philip of Macedonia, who began to control the cities allied with Rome and made an alliance with Carthage against Rome, this led to wars and conflicts between them, Which ended with an increase in Rome's involvement in Greek affairs, and an increase in its control over the entire eastern Mediterranean. The first war occurred in 215-205 BC. When Rome was preoccupied with the second Punic war that was between it and Carthage, …show more content…

"He blamed the Aetolians, another thorn in the Roman side since the war with Antiochus and arrested several of their leaders." Consul Aemilius Paullus trained and disciplined the army. Then he forced Macedonia to war, on June 22, 168 in Pydna, the Romans slaughtered 20,000 of the Macedonian force and captured 6,000 prisoners. The third war ended with the victory of Rome and the surrender of Perseus and his allies. Macedonia was disjointed and its places of power were empty. As a result, Andriscus, in 149 BC, claimed that he was the grandson of Philip and the son of Perseus. No one resisted him when he assembled the four Macedonian republics that had been divided by Rome. He prepared an army to fight Rome. Rome sent a Small force but was defeated. Then the Senate realized that this situation must be put to an end, Metellus was appointed commander of the army and they went to crush all the Macedonian resistance and Andriscus's army was completely …show more content…

Flaminius in the second war and Consul Marcius Philippus in the third war were able to put an end to Macedon, as they were very prominent in the events that led to the victory of Rome, and made it a great power. In 133 BC the influence was great in favor of the Romans; Attalus III provided a great incentive for Rome to conquer the East and expand when he ceded his rule to