Rhodes' initial response to the declaration of…

202 BCE

Rhodes' initial response to the declaration of war is diplomatic; they ask the Roman Republic for help against Philip.

The Romans, however, are wary of another war, the Second Punic War having just ended.

The Roman Senate attempts to persuade the populace to enter the war, even after Pergamon, Cyzicus and Byzantium have joined the war on the Rhodians’ side, but is unable to sway the city's war-weary population.

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Rhodes > Ródhos Dhodhekanisos Greece View →

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Philip V of Macedon View → Philopoemen View →

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Rhodes, City-States of View → Sparta, Kingdom of View → Roman Republic View → Athens, City-State of View → Aetolian League View → Greece, Hellenistic View → Greeks, Hellenistic View → Macedon, Antigonid Kingdom of View → Pergamon (Pergamum), Kingdom of View →

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Classical antiquity View → Punic War, Second (Hannibalic War) View → Cretan War View → Roman Age Optimum View →

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Weapons View →

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