The combined Pergamese and Rhodian fleet blockades…
201 BCE
The combined Pergamese and Rhodian fleet blockades the harbor of Bargylia while Philip's fleet is wintering here.
The situation in the Macedonian camp becomes so grave that the Macedonians are close to surrendering.
Philip, however, manages to get out by trickery.
He sends an Egyptian deserter to Attalus and the Rhodians to say that he is preparing to attack the allies the next day.
Attalus and the Rhodians upon hearing the news start preparing the fleet for the oncoming attack.
Philip, while the allies are making their preparations, leaves numerous campfires burning to give the appearance that he remains in his camp, then by night slips past the blockade with his fleet.
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Rhodes, City-States of
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Sparta, Kingdom of
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Roman Republic
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Athens, City-State of
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Aetolian League
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Greece, Hellenistic
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Macedon, Antigonid Kingdom of
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Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of
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Bithynia, Kingdom of
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Pergamon (Pergamum), Kingdom of
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Seleucid Empire
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