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Macedonian War, First

Years: 215BCE - 205BCE

The Macedonian and Seleucid wars are a series of conflicts fought by Rome during and after the second Punic war, in the eastern Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and the Aegean.

Along with the Punic wars, they will result in Roman control or influence over the entire Mediterranean basin.The First Macedonian War (214 BCE - 205 BCE) is fought by Rome, allied (after 211 BCE) with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the Second Punic War against Carthage.

There are no decisive engagements, and the war ends in a stalemate.During the war, Macedon attempts to gain control over parts of Illyria and Greece, but without success.

It is commonly thought that these skirmishes in the east prevented Macedon from aiding the Carthaginian general Hannibal in the war with Rome.

The "Peace of Phoenice", a treaty drawn up at Phoenice, in 205 BC, formally ends the war.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)