Philip further provokes Rhodes at this point…

Philip further provokes Rhodes at this point by capturing and razing Cius and Myrleia, Greek cities on the coast of the Sea of Marmara.

Philip then hands these cities over to his brother-in-law, the King of Bithynia, Prusias I, who rebuilds and renames the cities Prusa after himself and Apameia after his wife, respectively.

In return for these cities, Prusias promised that he will continue on expanding his kingdom at the expense of Pergamon (his latest war with Pergamon had ended in 205).

The seizure of these cities also enrages the Aetolians, as both are members of the Aetolian League.

The alliance between Aetolia and Macedon is held together only by the Aetolians' fear of Philip, and this incident worsens the already tenuous relationship.

Philip next attacks and conquered the cities of Lysimachia and Chalcedon, which are also members of the Aetolian League, forcing them to break off their alliance with Aetolia.

On the way home, Philip's fleet stops at the island of Thasos off the coast of Thrace.

Philip's general Metrodorus goes to the island's eponymous capital to meet emissaries from the city.

The envoys say they will surrender the city to the Macedonians on the conditions that they not receive a garrison, that they not have to pay tribute or contribute soldiers to the Macedonian army and that they continue to use their own laws.

Metrodorus replies that the king accepts the terms, and the Thasians open their gates to the Macedonians.

Once within the walls, however, Philip orders his soldiers to enslave all the citizens, who are then sold away, and to loot the city.