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197
Flamininus
Cynoscephalae
Philip V

168
Aemilius Paullus
Pydna
Perseus

221-217 Social War
217-205 First War with Rome
205-200 Aegean and Asia Minor
200-196 Romans against Philip
196-188 Romans against Antiochus
187-179 Recovery of Macedon

221 Antigonus Doson dies, Philip comes to power
Aetolians move on Messenia
Aetolians pillage
complaints are made to the Achaean assembly
Aratus becomes strategos, listens to them
assembles army at Megalopolis
sends Messenian hostages to Sparta
tells the Aetolians they have to leave
Aetolians agree but outmaneuver him because he assumes they'll do what they say/pretend they will
defeat the Achaean army
embassies to Philip in Pella
Messenians want to join the symmachy
Aetolians threaten war against Achaea & everyone if alliance is maintained btwn Achaea & Messenia
Symmachy agrees Messenia can join, but everyone prefers peace with Aetolia
Symmachy willing to overlook past Aetolian pillaging for future peace
but soon Aetolians are at it again, this time with the Illyrians
Illyrians are breaking treaty with Rome after defeat in First Illyrian War
Aratus just asks Philip for help
in Sparta, ephorate divided between pro-Aetolian and pro-Macedonian faction
one of the pro-Macedonians assassinated
Philip debates what to do, calls council at Tegea
ends up slapping them on the wrist with wet noodles
meanwhile, in Crete...
Gortyn and Knossos try to establish a hegemony
Lyttus leads the opposition, gets razed
opposition calls in Philip
Philip pwns the island
then some stuff happens
Philip ends up in the northwest
establishes a chain of strong points down the coast
criticized by Polybius for not invading Aetolia directly
Walbank thinks he was being canny
Philip engages in a winter campaign in the Peloponnese
besieges Psophis and captures it, spares the inhabitants
ravages Elis
makes conquests in the Peloponnese, hands them over to the Achaean League
Apelles and other Macedonians not happy with this approach
conspiracy to undermine Philip's naval program which is intended to subdue Aetolia
Aratus strikes a bargain and saves Philip's navy with a subsidy