The death of the Macedonian kingdom. The third Macedonian war. Eliseev M.B.

After the defeat in the Second War with Rome, the Macedonian kings restored the power of the country and again challenged the republic. Initially, military happiness accompanied the Macedonian weapon, the Romans suffered failures. But then everything changed, June 22, 168 BC In the battle of Pidna, the army of the king of Perseus was defeated, and Bazilevs himself was captured.

The Third Macedonian War was a turning point in the history of the Eastern Mediterranean. The confrontation between the legion and phalanxes ended, there was no longer in the oycumen of force capable of stopping the Roman onslaught to the east. The Macedonian kingdom was divided into four republics, which later became Roman provinces.