Chapter XV

WARS IN THE EAST: THE MACEDONIAN, SYRIAN, AND GALATIAN WARS.
B.C. 214-188.

State of the East 106
Syria 106
Pontus 106
Galatia 106
Pergamus 106
Egypt 107

State of Greece 107
Macedonia 107
Achæan League 107
Ætolian League 107
Rhodes 107
Sparta 107

214-205. FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR--
Its indecisive character 108
211. Treaty of the Romans with the Ætolian League 108
205. Conclusion of the war 108
Philip's hostile acts 108
He assists the Carthaginians at the battle of Zama 108
His conduct in Greece 108

200-196. SECOND MACEDONIAN WAR--
200. First campaign: the Consul Galba 108
199. Second campaign: the Consul Villius 109
198. Third campaign: the Consul Flamininus 109
197. Battle of Cynoscephalæ 109
196. Declaration of Grecian independence at the Isthmian
Games 109

191-190. SYRIAN WAR--
Antiochus the Third 110
Intrigues of the Ætolians in Greece 110
They Invite Antiochus to Greece 110
Hannibal expelled from Carthage 110
He arrives in Syria 110
His advice to Antiochus 110
192. Antiochus crosses over to Greece 110
191. The Romans defeat him at Thermopylæ 110
He returns to Asia 110
190. The Romans invade Asia 111
Battle of Magnesia 111
Defeat of Antiochus by Scipio Asiaticus 111
Terms of peace 111
Hannibal flies to Prusias, king of Bithynia 111

189. ÆTOLIAN WAR--
Fulvius takes Ambracia 111
Terms of peace 111

189. GALATIAN WAR--
Manlius attacks the Galatians without the authority of
the Senate or the People 112
187. He returns to Rome 113

Effects of the Eastern conquests upon the Roman character 113