Macedonĭcum bellum

, was undertaken by the Romans against Philip king of Macedonia, some few months after the second Punic war, B.C. 200. The cause of this war originated in the hostilities which Philip had exercised against the Achæans, the friends and allies of Rome. The consul Flam in i us had the care of the war, and he conquered Philip on the confines of Epires, and afterwards in The aly. The Maced on i an fleets were also defeated; Eubœa was taken; and Philip, after continual lo es, sued for peace, which was granted him in the fourth year of the war. The ambition and cruelty of Perseus, the son and succe or of Philip, soon irritated the Romans. Another war was undertaken, in which the Romans suffered two defeats. This, however, did not discourage them; Paulus Æmilius was chosen consul in the 60th year of his age, and entrusted with the care of the war. He came to a general engagement near the city of Pydna. The victory sided with the Romans, and 20,000 of the Maced on i an soldiers were left on the field of battle. This decisive blow put an end to the war, which had already continued for three years, 168 years before the christian era. Perseus and his sons Philip and Alexander were taken prisoners, and carried to Rome to adorn the triumph of the conqueror. About 15 years after, new seditions were raised in Macedonia, and the false pretensions of Andriscus, who called himself the son of Perseus, obliged the Romans to send an army to quell the commotions. Andriscus at first obtained many considerable advantages over the Roman forces, till at last he was conquered and delivered to the consul Me tell us, who carried him to Rome. After these commotions, which are sometimes called the third Maced on i an war, Macedonia was finally reduced into a Roman province, and governed by a regular proconsul, about 148 years before the christian era.