Following Philip V of Macedon — the Second Punic War

Philip V of Macedon (238 – 179 BC), Independent. The young king who chose Hannibal after Cannae, burned his own fleet at Apollonia, took Lissus, and fought Rome’s Greek allies to a stalemate ended at Phoenice.

King of Macedon.

Turned east after Phoenice; the Second Macedonian War followed within five years.

The itinerary — 22 stops, Winter 218 BC to Winter 201 BC

  1. Pella — Winter 218 BC: The Social War ends at Naupactus (217): “the cloud in the west.” (Polybius 5.101–105)
  2. Off Apollonia — Summer 216 BC: A hundred light ships up the Adriatic; flees at a rumour of the Roman fleet. (Polybius 5.109–110)
  3. Pella — Summer 216 BC: The treaty with Hannibal, sworn in the summer of 215. (Livy 23.33–34; Polybius 7.9)
  4. Oricum — Spring 214 BC (Livy 24.40)
  5. Before Apollonia — Summer 214 BC: Laevinus’ night attack; the fleet burned; the long walk home. (Livy 24.40)
  6. Pella — Autumn 214 BC (Livy 24.40)
  7. The Illyrian hinterland — Summer 213 BC: Overruns the Parthini and Atintania behind the Roman coast. (Polybius 8.13)
  8. Pella — Autumn 213 BC (Polybius 8.13)
  9. Lissus — Summer 212 BC: Lissus and its citadel taken; Macedon reaches the Adriatic. (Polybius 8.13–14)
  10. Pella — Summer 212 BC (Livy 26.24–26)
  11. Echinus — Summer 210 BC: The siege of Echinus against the Aetolians and the Roman fleet. (Polybius 9.41–42)
  12. Pella — Autumn 210 BC (Livy 27.29)
  13. Lamia — Spring 209 BC: Two victories over the Aetolians near Lamia. (Livy 27.30)
  14. Argos — Summer 209 BC: Presides at the Nemean games — and drops the diadem to walk among the crowd. (Livy 27.30–31)
  15. Elis — Summer 209 BC: The raid on Elis; Sulpicius’ Romans in the town. (Livy 27.31–32)
  16. Pella — Summer 209 BC: Hurries home before a Dardanian invasion. (Livy 27.33)
  17. Demetrias and central Greece — Spring 208 BC: Chalcis, Heraclea, Elatea, Opus: the Roman-Pergamene fleet skirted at every turn. (Livy 28.5–8)
  18. Pella — Autumn 208 BC (Livy 28.8)
  19. Thermon — Summer 207 BC: The second sack of the Aetolian sanctuary (207 or 206). (Polybius 11.7)
  20. Pella — Summer 207 BC: The Aetolians make a separate peace (206). (Livy 29.12)
  21. Phoenice — Summer 205 BC: The Peace of Phoenice: Rome keeps the coast, Philip keeps Atintania. (Livy 29.12)
  22. Pella — Summer 205 BC: Turns east — the Cretan War, the pact with Antiochus. (Polybius 15.20)

Battles fought

  • Relief of Apollonia — Summer 214 BC — defeat
  • Capture of Lissus — Summer 212 BC — victory