Hello, and welcome to the history of Rome, Episode 26, the Third Macedonian War.

Having soundly beaten Macedon into Syria, the last two major powers in the east, Rome

was now the dominant force in the Mediterranean, a distinction it would hold for the next

700 odd years.

In the years after the Syrian war, the Romans were wrapped up with Gallic revolts in the

Po Valley and persistent unrest in Spain.

Though these territories had been officially conquered, the Romans found it is difficult

to maintain their position in these territories as it had been to establish it in the first

place.

But for the most part, these were mere skirmishes in the wider scope of Mediterranean politics.

The real center of attention remained Greece, where, like in Spain and Gal, winning the

prize was not the same as keeping the prize.

Yes, the Romans had demonstrated the superiority of their arms, and even the superiority of

their diplomatic corps.

But the fiercely independent Greeks would never passively stand by as a foreign power

held final say over their lives.

Rome had its allies, most notably the Kingdom of Pergamum in Asia Minor, but the majority

of Greeks bristle at the presence of the barbarians from the west.

Thousands of nobles in most of the important cities schemed constantly to carve out as

much autonomy as they could, with an eye on eventually throwing off the Roman yoke.

Greece was, after all, the oldest and greatest civilization on earth.

Surely Roman rule was merely temporary, and in time the Greeks would retake their place

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