From N.S. Gill,
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Definition: Rome fought 4 Macedonian Wars between 215 and 148 B.C. The first was a diversion during the Punic Wars brought on by the alliance of Philip V of Macedonia and Hannibal. Philip and Rome settled with each other so Rome could go focus on Carthage. In the second Macedonian War, Rome officially freed Greece from Philip and Macedonia. The third Macedonian War was against Philip's son Perseus who had moved against the Greeks. Rome declared war and divided Macedonia into 4 republics. After all of these wars, Rome didn't stay, but went back home after handling the Macedonians and receiving some reward from the Greeks. When the fourth Macedonian War began, as the result of a Macedonian rebellion, fomented by a man who claimed to be Perseus' son, Rome again stepped in. This time, Rome stayed. Macedonia and Epirus were made a Roman province.

Aftermath of the Fourth Macedonian War

The Achaean League tried unsuccessfully to get rid of the Romans. Their city of Corinth was destroyed for its part in the uprising in 146 B.C.

• Ancient Rome Glossary

Examples: Between the second and third Macedonian War the Aetolian League asked Antiochus of Syria to help them against Rome. Antiochus obliged and Rome sent in its legions to expel the Seleucids. Antiochus signed the Treaty of Apamea (188 B.C.) and surrendered 15,000 talents of silver. This is the Seleucid War (192-188). It included a Roman victory at Thermopylae (191) near the spot where the Spartans had once so famously lost to the Persians.