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Third Macedonian War
Part of the Macedonian Wars
Date
171–168 BC
Location
Thessaly, Ancient Macedonia and Illyria
Result
Roman victory
Territorial changes
Macedon divided into four client republics
Belligerents
Roman Republic Attalid kingdom Thessalians Achaean contingents Aetolian contingents Contingents from other Greek allies
Macedonia Odrysian kingdom (Thrace) Cretan contingents Epirus (from 170 BC) Aetolian contingents Athamania Illyrian Kingdom Contingents from other Greek allies
Commanders and leaders
Publius Licinius Crassus (171 BC) Aulus Hostilius Mancinus (170 BC) Quintus Marcius Philippus (169 BC) Lucius Aemilius Paullus (168 BC) Eumenes II of Pergamon
Perseus of Macedon Cotys IV of the Odrysian Kingdom (Thrace) Gentius
Casualties and losses
150,000 Epirotes enslaved
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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)
The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) was a war fought between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon. In 179 BC, King Philip V of Macedon died and was succeeded by his ambitious son Perseus. He was anti-Roman and stirred anti-Roman feelings around Macedonia. Tensions escalated and Rome declared war on Macedon.
Most of the war was fought in Macedon as well as neighbouring Thessaly, where the Roman troops were stationed. After an inconclusive battle at Callinicus in 171 BC, and several years of campaigning, Rome decisively defeated the Macedonian forces at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, ending the war.[1]
Rome's victory ended the Antigonid dynasty and brought an effective end to the independence of the Hellenistic kingdom of Macedon, although formal annexation was some years away. The kingdom was divided into four client republics, each subservient to Rome. Roman prestige and authority in Greece greatly increased.
^Erdkamp, Paul (2017), "The Third Macedonian War, 171–168 BC", The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles, Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, pp. 1–5, doi:10.1002/9781119099000.wbabat0380, ISBN 978-1405186452, retrieved 2022-03-26
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