Rome and the Mediterranean

 
Greece, 202-146 B.C.
 
221-205 (review): Philip V of Macedon allies with Achaeans, Aetolians in 221, then with Hannibal and Carthage in 215. 1st Macedonian War 215-205, ending in peace treaty with Rome in 205

200: Philip allies with Antiochus III of the Seleucid Empire
Rhodes & Attalus of Pergamum appeal to Rome

200-196: 2nd Macedonian War

197: Rome increases number of praetorships to 6.
Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly (Greece): T. Quinctius Flamininus + Aetolia + Achaea vs. Philip V. 
Philip evacuates Greece, hands over fleet and one son as hostage, keeps Macedon.

196: Flamininus declares the Greeks "free" (Plut. Flam.: "first he removed the shackle from the foot of Greece and then he put it around her neck")
Flamininus defeats Nabis of Sparta but leaves him in control to check Achaeans

191: Rome + Rhodes + Pergamum (King Eumenes II) vs. Antiochus III + Aetolia at Thermopylae (Philip V on the sidelines).
Antiochus surrenders money, ships, Asia Minor.
Pergamum and Rhodes control Asia Minor.
Aetolia surrenders and swears to preserve Rome's imperium and maiestas ("sovereignty")

179: Perseus, son of Philip, forges alliances with Greece's poor, foments rebellion by abolishing debts, interferes in Greek politics.

172: Eumenes II of Pergamum persuades Rome to wage war vs. Perseus

172-167: Rome declares war = 3rd Macedonian War.

168: L. Aemilius Paullus (consul) vs. Perseus + Greeks at Pydna in Thessaly, routs Macedonian phalanx, Perseus dies in captivity in Rome.

167: Illyria & Epirus seized, besieged, enslaved by L. Aemlius Paullus.
Macedonia split into 4 client states.
1000 leading Achaeans arrested (including Polybius).
Hundreds of leading Aetolians murdered.
Rhodes (guilty of suggesting peace) loses possessions in Asia Minor, weakened, leading to rise in piracy.
Antiochus IV of Seleucid Empire surrenders to Roman maiestas.

150-147: Return of Achaean exiles & Roman oppression of Greeks leads to 4th Macedonian War. Andriscus, pretender to Macedonian throne, leads revolt.

147: Defeat of Andriscus in Macedon. Macedonia becomes a province.

146: L. Mummius sacks nationalistic Corinth to show Achaeans Rome's intent. Oligarchies established in Greece.

Asia Minor and the Near East, 195-168 B.C.
 
195: Hannibal exiled from Carthage and joins Antiochus III in Seleucia

194: Rome grants Asia Minor to Antiochus III (who seized Thrace; lower Syria from Egypt)
 
192: Rome declares war on Antiochus.

191: Rome + Rhodes + Pergamum (King Eumenes) vs. Antiochus III + Aetolia at Thermopylae
Antiochus surrenders money, ships & withdraws to Asia Minor.
 
190: L. Cornelius Scipio (consul) & brother P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus invade Asia

189: Scipios defeat Antiochus at Magnesia in Asia Minor.
 
188: Antiochus surrenders all territory north of Seleucia. Pergamum and Rhodes split control of Asia Minor.
 
183: Suicide of Hannibal. Death of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus after years of charges of embezzlement

172: Eumenes II of Pergamum persuades Rome to wage war vs. Perseus

168: L. Aemilius Paullus vs. Perseus + Rhodes + Achaea at Pydna in Thessaly
Rhodes loses possessions in Asia Minor, weakened, leading to rise in piracy.
 
168: Antiochus IV invades Egypt. Rome's envoy, C. Popillius Laenas draws circle in sand.
Antiochus IV surrenders to Roman maiestas.

Carthage & Spain, 201-133 B.C.
 
201: Peace with Carthage, which becomes client state.
Masinissa king of Greater Numidia.

197: Rome organizes Hispania Citerior ("Nearer") and Ulterior ("Farther") Spain
 
195: Hannibal exiled & joins Antiochus. Masinissa raids Carthage.

173: Rome arbitrates between Carthage and Masinissa

155-139: Viriathus leads revolt vs. Rome: Lusitanian War (western Spain), resulting in Roman conquest of Lusitania
 
181-179, 153-151, 143-133: Celtiberian War (eastern Spain), resulting in destruction of Numantia by P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
 
151: M. Porcius Cato demands Carthago delenda est ("Carthage must be destroyed").
Carthage declares war on Masinissa.

149: Rome begins siege of Carthage. Masinissa dies of old age.

146: P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (son of L. Aemilius Paullus, adopted by Scipiones) destroys Carthage

137: Numantines traps consular army. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus negotiates treaty.

133: Destruction of Numantia in Spain by P. Cornelius Scipio Aemlianus (Gracchus' brother-in-law)

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