The Treaty of Phoenice prohibits Philip from…

The Treaty of Phoenice prohibits Philip from expanding westward into Illyria or the Adriatic Sea.

The king therefore turns his attentions eastwards to the Aegean Sea, where he starts to build a large fleet.

Philip sees two ways of shaking Rhodes' dominance of the sea: piracy and war.

Deciding to use both methods, he encourages his allies to begin pirate attacks against Rhodian ships.

Philip persuades the Cretans, who have been involved in piracy for a long time, the Aetolians, and the Spartans to take part in the piracy.

The lure for these nations is the promise of vast loot from captured Rhodian vessels.

He sends the Aetolian freebooter Dicaearchus on an extensive raid through the Aegean, during the course of which he plunders the Cyclades and Rhodian territories.