Event Third Macedonian War

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Was a war fought by Rome against Antigonid Macedonia. The war was won by Rome, and Macedonia was divided in four client states of Rome.

Chronology

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  • January 166 BC: In the year 167 BC BC, after the Third Macedonian War, the Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus attacked the Koinon of Byllis on the way back and also destroyed Nikaia.
  • June 169 BC: In -169, Quintus Marcius, a Roman military commander, led a daring expedition into Macedon through the challenging terrain of the Olympus range. This feat demonstrated his strategic prowess and bravery in the service of the Roman Republic.
  • January 170 BC: A contingent of the Roman fleet went through the Gulf of Corinth and conducted operations against the Boeotians. It besieged Haliartus with 10,000 mariners and 2,000 troops. Eventually the city fell.
  • January 167 BC: The Roman Legions under Aemilius Paulus destroy the cities of Athamania.
  • January 167 BC: Despite their steadfast loyalty to Rome, the League lost Leucas after the Third Macedonian War (171-168 BC), as it became an autonomous state.
  • June 169 BC: In -169, Quintus Marcius, a Roman military commander, led a daring expedition into Macedon through the challenging terrain of the Olympus range. This feat demonstrated his strategic prowess and bravery in the service of the Roman Republic.
  • January 166 BC: The Nesiotic League, led by the island of Rhodes, lost its independence to the Roman Republic in -167 BC at the end of the Third Macedonian War. This marked the end of Rhodian autonomy and their submission to Roman rule.
  • June 168 BC: Nigdelis, P. III. Roman Macedonia (168 BC-AD 284). Pp.51-53
  • January 170 BC: Rome dissolved the Boeotian League in 171 BC.
  • June 168 BC: Nigdelis, P. III. Roman Macedonia (168 BC-AD 284). Pp.51-53
  • June 168 BC: Nigdelis, P. III. Roman Macedonia (168 BC-AD 284). Pp.51-53
  • June 168 BC: Nigdelis, P. III. Roman Macedonia (168 BC-AD 284). Pp.51-53
  • January 167 BC: Lycia was took back from Rhodes in 168 BC. In these latter stages of the Roman Republic, Lycia (Romans) came to enjoy freedom as a Roman protectorate.
  • January 170 BC: A contingent of the Roman fleet went through the Gulf of Corinth and conducted operations against the Boeotians. It besieged Haliartus with 10,000 mariners and 2,000 troops. Eventually the city fell.
  • June 168 BC: Nigdelis, P. III. Roman Macedonia (168 BC-AD 284). Pp.51-53
  • January 167 BC: In 168 B.C. the fortress of Lissos was conquered by the Romans.
  • January 170 BC: Perseus marched to the land of the Perrhaebi in the northernmost district of Thessaly and seized all the main towns north of the River Peneus, which crosses northern Thessaly: Cyretiae, Mylae, Elatia and Gonnus.
  • January 168 BC: Perseus moved to the land of the Penestae (in southern Illyria) and went on to Stubera.
  • January 166 BC: Under the Roman Empire, Byllis became part of the province of Epirus Nova.
  • January 169 BC: Epirus, on the west coast of Greece, went over to the Macedonians.
  • January 170 BC: A contingent of the Roman fleet went through the Gulf of Corinth and conducted operations against the Boeotians. It besieged Haliartus with 10,000 mariners and 2,000 troops. Eventually the city fell.
  • June 169 BC: In -169, Quintus Marcius, a Roman military commander, led a daring expedition into Macedon through the challenging terrain of the Olympus range. This feat demonstrated his strategic prowess and bravery in the service of the Roman Republic.
  • January 166 BC: In 167 BC the Romans destroyed Orraon.
  • January 170 BC: Perseus marched to the land of the Perrhaebi in the northernmost district of Thessaly and seized all the main towns north of the River Peneus, which crosses northern Thessaly: Cyretiae, Mylae, Elatia and Gonnus.
  • January 166 BC: The Nesiotic League, led by the island of Rhodes, lost its independence to the Roman Republic in -167 BC at the end of the Third Macedonian War. This marked the end of Rhodian autonomy and their submission to Roman rule.
  • January 167 BC: Orikos is conquered by the Romans in 168 BC (from around 230 to 168 BC it issued its own coins).