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First Macedonian War - Demetrius urges war against Rome | | First Macedonian War - Demetrius urges war against Rome: Encyclopedia II - First Macedonian War - Demetrius urges war against Rome | | Rome's preoccupation with its war with Carthage provided an opportunity for Philip V of Macedon, to attempt to extend his power westward. According to the ancient Greek historian Polybius, an important factor in Philip's decision to take advantage of this opportunity was the influence of Demetrius of Pharos.
Demetrius had been, after the First Illyrian War in 229 BC, ruler of most of coastal Illyria.1 However, in 219 BC, during the Second Illyrian War he was defeated by the Romans and fled to the cou ...
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First Macedonian War - Demetrius urges war against Rome
Rome's preoccupation with its war with Carthage provided an opportunity for Philip V of Macedon, to attempt to extend his power westward. According to the ancient Greek historian Polybius, an important factor in Philip's decision to take advantage of this opportunity was the influence of Demetrius of Pharos.
Demetrius had been, after the First Illyrian War in 229 BC, ruler of most of coastal Illyria.1 However, in 219 BC, during the Second Illyrian War he was defeated by the Romans and fled to the court of Philip.2
Involved in a war with the Aetolians, Philip learned by messenger of the victory of Hannibal, over the Romans, at Lake Trasimene in June of 217 BC. Philip at first showed the letter only to Demetrius. Perhaps seeing a chance to recover his kingdom, Demetrius immediately advised the young king to make peace with the Aetolians, and turn his attentions toward Illyria and Italy. Polybius quotes Demetrius as saying:
For Greece is already entirely obedient to you, and will remain so: the Achaeans from genuine affection; the Aetolians from the terror which their disasters in the present war have inspired them. Italy, and your crossing into it, is the first step in the acquirement of universal empire, to which no one has a better claim than yourself. And now is the moment to act when the Romans have suffered a reverse.3
Philip was easily persuaded.4
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