Ancient Rome XV - Two Macedonian Wars and a Syrian War

This is the fifteenth of many chapters in History with a Twist of Lime's look on "The Historical History of Ancient Rome." This chapter peeks at three conflicts Rome was engaged in with the remnants of Alexander the Great's old empire in the late third and early second centuries BC. This includes the First Macedonian War (215-205 BC), where Philip V of Macedon allies with Carthage during the Second Punic War, and Rome merely goes and stirs up trouble within Macedon's borders in order to keep them occupied and away from Hannibal. This is followed up by Rome taking revenge in the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BC) and seemingly liberating Greece from Macedonian rule. The outcome of this conflict encourages King Antiochus III of the Seleucid Empire to invade and attempt to take Greece for himself, triggering the Syrian War (192-190 BC, also known as the Roman-Syrian War, the Seleucid War, or the War of Antiochus III). This fight sets up a short-lived peace with Macedon that would crumble with the death of Philip V. As this is one of many chapters being produced over this project, I would invite you to watch the other chapters dealing with the history of Ancient Rome. They can be viewed seamlessly under this playlist on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtseWnNmHqg&feature=PlayList&p=AF3D8467A06755CE&index=0&playnext=1 References: Cavazzi, Franco. "The Early Roman Republic." Illustrated History of the Roman Empire. 19 June 2008. http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/earlyrep-index.html Kidney, Frank L., et al. "Making Europe: People, Politics, and Culture." Vol. 1. Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Mackey, Christopher S. "Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History." Cambridge University Press, 2004.