Dr Simon Elliott

And the Romans absolutely hammer them.

And it's a shock to the Hellenistic world, because at that point, the pike phalanx is thought to be the bee's knees.

Unstoppable.

And now, it's not.

I mean, it's a proper hammering.

Then we end up with the Third Macedonian War.

In the Third Macedonian War, the son of Philip V also picks a fight with the Romans.

And in 168, he fights the Battle of Pydna, and he gets flattened as well.

And I mean, flattened, flattened.

And that's effectively, there's a Fourth Macedonian War, but that's effectively the end of the Kingdom of Macedon.

gets broken up into territories and eventually becomes part of the Roman world.

So you get two major battles there, Carno-Sophlo-Philip V, Pydna against Perseus, and that's it.

The Romans are done.

In the middle of that, in 190, the Romans also fight the Roman Seleucid War and win another battle against Pyke phalanxers at the Battle of Magnesia around 190, 189.

Where's that?

All that money.

Loads of cash.

Loads of cash.

So I have to say, actually, I'm a Roman historian.

I love my Romans.