HIST 304 Lecture 12: roman republics 12
22 Feb 2017
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Demetrius (pro roman son) was executed by brother. Not trying to pick fight with rome, but wants to establish self on world stage. Marries sister to king in rhodes so he can extend powers and alliances overseas. Roman senate sends group of ambassadors to greece to check out the scene. Romans still view macedon as a threat and were looking for any excuse to get rid of it: 3rd macedonian war (172-167 bce) Perseus try to make peace measures with rome. Waged short term with few resources (trend of med. wars) Perseus defeated in battle at pydna (168 bce) by aemilius pallus. No large scale army: as aemilius leaves greece he crushes and enslaves defected roman ally who sided with perseus. The defeat of a great mediterranean power sets of chain of wars with other places. Laciscus has 500 members of the aetolian league killed.
