Paullus’ legionaries on their return to Rome…

Paullus’ legionaries on their return to Rome are displeased with their share of the plunder.

The consul to keep them happy decides for a stop in Epirus, a kingdom suspected of sympathizing with the Macedonian cause despite the fact that Epirus has not aided Perseus in the war.

The region has been already pacified, but Paullus orders the sacking of seventy of its towns, enslaving one hundred and fifty thousand people and leaving the region to bankruptcy.

The Battle of Pydna and its political aftermath mark the effective end of Macedonian independence, although formal annexation is still some years away.