CLST 201 Lecture : Wk3L02.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Prof.

Document Summary

1 215-205 peace of phoenice (205 bc) **2 - 200-196 bc flamininus defeated king phillip of macedonia (head of antiginid) in. Flaminius declared freedom to all the greek states. **3 171 168/7 bc lucius aemilius paullus. Pergamum complained about perseus to rome, rome decided to declare war. Roman general lucius aemilius paullus was sent out to conduct the campaign. Won decisive victory at battle of pydna in se macedon in 168bc. Effectively ended macedonian empire; macedon organized into 4 autonomous republics which had to pay an annual tribute to rome. Decisive turning point in roman foreign policy in east: after 168bc the whole hellenistic world was virtually reduced to the status of client states. (selucid empire and macedonia). 4 149 148 bc andriscus, false pretender pretended to be perseus" son, declared himself king of macedon. Rome launched war, it was short, romans crushed him. After 3rd war, then turned attention to other greek states, to reward allies and punish enemies.