Fearing possible reinforcement of Hannibal by Macedon, Rome dispatched forces across the Adriatic. Français : Guerre ayant opposé la Macédoine et les Romains entre 171 et 168 av. He was anti-Roman and stirred anti-Roman feelings around Macedonia. MAJOR ISSUES AND OBJECTIVES: Rome wanted to … Third Macedonian War — 172-168 B.C. The Romans had problems with discipline in their army, and Roman commanders could not find a way to successfully invade Macedonia. While there, Flaminius was met by Seleucid envoys who congratulated him on his victory and assured the Romans of Antiochus III the Great's peaceful intentions. Perseus won the first struggle: the Battle of Callicinus, where he faced the army of Publius Licinius Crassus. When the Roman fleet blocked the island, the king decided to seek refuge in the kingdom of Kotys, his ally. A misbehaving mule sent to fill up jugs of water for the Romans escaped from its handlers, causing the Roman water gatherers to discover the positions of Perseus' Thracian allies. Their armies after attempted a series of failed outflanking maneuvers they’ve finally met on the fields of Pydna to fight the most decisive battle of that war, the outcome of which would decide the fate of Greece for the coming centuries. In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died and his talented and ambitious son, Perseus, took his throne. The same was the result at the time Polycrates suppressed the revolt. Under Attalus I (r. 241-197 BCE), the Attalids allied with Rome against Philip V of Macedon, during the first and second Macedonian Wars. (1977 a) “ The Causes of the Third Macedonian War: Recent Views,” in Ancient Macedonia II: Papers Read at the Second International Symposium Held in Thessaloniki, 19–24 August 1973. It now became clear to Perseus that the Roman Senate was intent on destroying him. Rome's interest was not in conquest, but in keeping Macedon, the Greek city-states, and … The Battle of Pydna in June 168 BCE was a decisive Roman victory that ended the Third Macedonian War and established Rome as the dominant power in the Mediterranean.The Roman Republic was expanding, enlarging its sphere of influence along the Adriatic, so when several of the southern Greek city-states appealed to them to ward off the advances of Philip V … The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) was a war fought between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon. In the summer of 168 BC, Paullus invaded Thessaly and met Perseus at the foot of Mount Olympus. There were no decisive engagements, and the war ended in a stalemate. Third Macedonian War is the second scenario of the Enemies of Rome campaign in Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, featuring a reworked version of the scenario of Third Greek War of the original game. The Romans had unquestioned mastery of the Aegean, so they dismissed the allied vessels, only maintaining Eumenes' assistance. Battle of Pydna. Fought by Rome, allied (after 211 BC) with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the Second Punic War (218–201 BC) against Carthage. To the east, Perseus married his sister to Prusias II of Bithynia, who married Seleucus IV Philopator's daughter, forging a network of useful Hellenic allies in Asia Minor, to the increasing anger of Pergamon, which was excluded from these affairs. They allied with Rome again under Eumenes II (r. 197-158 BCE) against Perseus of Macedon, during the Third Macedonian War. In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died and was succeeded by his ambitious son Perseus. Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. This article does not contain any citations or references. In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died and his talented and ambitious son, Perseus, took his throne.