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Third Macedonian War
Part of the Macedonian Wars
Date171 BC - 168 BC
LocationMacedon, Greece and Illyria
Casus
belli		Macedonian expansionism, threat to balance of power in the area
ResultRoman victory
Territorial
changes		Macedon divided into 4 client republics
Combatants
Roman Republic, with the Eumenes II (Pergamum)Macedon
Commanders
Lucius Aemilius Paullus MacedonicusPerseus of Macedon
Illyrian and Macedonian Wars
Illyrian - First - Second - Third - Fourth
Third Macedonian War
Callicinus – Pydna
The Third Macedonian War (171 BC - 168 BC) was a war fought between Rome and King Perseus of Macedon. In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died and his talented and ambitious son, Perseus, took his throne. Perseus married Laodike, daughter of King Seleucus IV Keraunos of Asia, and increased the size of his army. He also made alliance treaties with Epirus and several tribes of Illyria and Thrace, as well as enemies of Thracian tribes allied to Rome, such as the Sapaei under Abrupolis. He renewed former connections with some Greek city-states (poleis). The king announced that he could carry out reforms in Greece and restore its previous strength and prosperity.

The Romans began to worry that Perseus would destroy Roman political control in Greece and restore former Macedonian sovereignty over Greek states. King Eumenes II of Pergamon, who hated Macedonia, accused Perseus of trying to violate laws of other states and conditions of peace between Macedonia and Rome. The Romans were afraid for the balance of power in Greece and declared a new war with Macedonia. Perseus won the first struggle: the battle of Larissa, where he faced the army of Publius Licinius Crassus. The king offered a peace treaty to the Romans, which was refused. For a long time the Romans had problems with discipline in their army, and Roman commanders couldn't find a way to invade successfully the territory of Macedonia.

Meanwhile, Perseus defeated another Roman army in Illyria. The Macedonian king tried to win Eumenes of Pergamon and king Antiochus III the Great of Asia over to his side but he failed. In 169 BC consul Quintus Marcius Phillipus crossed the Olimp mountains and entered Macedonia. However, his army was at first too exhausted to fight following the crossing. Finally, Perseus was defeated by the legions of the Roman consul Lucius Aemlius Paullus at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC. Perseus was deposed and, along with his dignitaries, taken to Rome. Macedon was divided into four Roman client republics. These republics had to pay duty to Rome but it was less than previously, thanks to Perseus. Economical and political contacts between Macedonian and Greek states were reduced. Additionally, the Romans took hundreds of prisoners from the leading families of Macedon, including the historian Polybius. That was the end of Hellenistic Macedonia and the monarchy of the Antigonid dynasty, although Rome later returned to symbolically destroy Corinth in 146 BC (see the Fourth Macedonian War), similar to their destruction of the defanged Carthage in the Third Punic War.

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The Macedonian and Seleucid wars were a series of conflicts fought by Rome during and after the second Punic war, in the eastern Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and the Aegean.
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2nd century BC - 1st century BC
200s BC  190s BC  180s BC - 170s BC - 160s BC  150s BC  140s BC 
174 BC 173 BC 172 BC - 171 BC - 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC

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State leaders - Sovereign states

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2nd century BC - 1st century BC
190s BC  180s BC  170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC  140s BC  130s BC 
171 BC 170 BC 169 BC - 168 BC - 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC

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State leaders - Sovereign states

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Illyria (Albanian Iliria Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία; Latin Illyria [1] (see also Illyricum)
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Casus belli is a modern Latin language expression meaning the justification for acts of war. Casus means "incident", "rupture" or indeed "case", while belli means "of war".
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Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a republican form of government. The republican period began with the overthrow of the Monarchy c.
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Eumenes II of Pergamon (ruled 197 - 158 BC) was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. The son of king Attalos I and queen Apollonis (?), he followed on his father's footsteps and collaborated with the Romans to oppose first Macedonian, then Seleucid
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Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC) was a Roman general and politician.

Family

His father was Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the consul defeated and killed in the battle of Cannae.
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Perseus (Greek Περσεύς) was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great.
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Illyrian Wars of 229 BC and 219 BC, Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva river valley and suppressed the piracy that had made the Adriatic unsafe for Italian commerce. There were two campaigns, the first against Teuta and the second against Demetrius of Pharos.
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The Macedonian and Seleucid wars were a series of conflicts fought by Rome during and after the second Punic war, in the eastern Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and the Aegean.
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Illyrian Wars of 229 BC and 219 BC, Rome overran the Illyrian settlements in the Neretva river valley and suppressed the piracy that had made the Adriatic unsafe for Italian commerce. There were two campaigns, the first against Teuta and the second against Demetrius of Pharos.
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First Macedonian War (214 BC - 205 BC) was 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 against Carthage.
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Second Macedonian War (200–196 BC) was fought between Macedon, led by Philip V of Macedon and Rome, allied with Pergamon and Rhodes.

Philip had long been interested in the Greek city states but as long as these states were allied with Rome he did not dare attack them.
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Fourth Macedonian War (150 BC - 148 BC) was the final war between Rome and Macedon. It came about as a result of the pretender Andriscus's usurpation of the Macedonian throne, pretending to be the son of Perseus, the last King of Macedon, deposed by the Romans after the Third
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Battle of Callicinus was fought in 171 BC between Macedon and Rome. The Macedonians were led by their king, Perseus, while the Roman force was led by Consul Publius Licinius Crassus. The Macedonians were victorious.
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Battle of Pydna in 168 BC between Rome and the Antigonid dynasty represents the start of the true power of Rome and the end of the Antigonid line of kings, whose power traced back to Alexander III of Macedon.
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2nd century BC - 1st century BC
200s BC  190s BC  180s BC - 170s BC - 160s BC  150s BC  140s BC 
174 BC 173 BC 172 BC - 171 BC - 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC

Politics
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2nd century BC - 1st century BC
190s BC  180s BC  170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC  140s BC  130s BC 
171 BC 170 BC 169 BC - 168 BC - 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC

Politics
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Comune di Roma

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Nickname: "The Eternal City"
Motto: "Senatus Populusque Romanus" (SPQR)   (Latin)
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Perseus (Greek Περσεύς) was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great.
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Philip V (Greek Φίλιππος Ε΄) (238 BC - 179 BC) was king of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty.
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Macedon or Macedonia (Greek Μακεδονία Makedonía
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Illyria (Albanian Iliria Ancient Greek Ἰλλυρία; Latin Illyria [1] (see also Illyricum)
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Thrace, (Turkish: Trakya, Romanian: Tracia, Bulgarian: Тракия or Trakiya, Greek:
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Abrupolis (fl. 2nd century BC) was a king of the Thracian Sapaei,[1] and ally of the Romans. He attacked the dominions of Perseus of Macedon, eldest son of the recently deceased Philip V of Macedon, around 179 BC, and laid them waste as far as Amphipolis, as well as
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Eumenes II of Pergamon (ruled 197 - 158 BC) was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. The son of king Attalos I and queen Apollonis (?), he followed on his father's footsteps and collaborated with the Romans to oppose first Macedonian, then Seleucid
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Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king

Silver coin of Antiochus III
Reign 223 BCE - 187 BCE
Buried
Predecessor Seleucus III Ceraunus
Successor Seleucus IV Philopator

Antiochus III the Great, (Greek
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2nd century BC - 1st century BC
190s BC  180s BC  170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC  140s BC  130s BC 
172 BC 171 BC 170 BC - 169 BC - 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC

Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states

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Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC) was a Roman general and politician.

Family

His father was Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the consul defeated and killed in the battle of Cannae.
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