First Macedonian War
| First Macedonian War | |||||||
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| Part of the Macedonian Wars and Second Punic War | |||||||
 The Mediterranean in 218 BC | |||||||
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Roman Republic Aetolian League Pergamon Sparta Illyrians Dardania Elis Messenia |
Macedon Achaean League Acarnanian League | ||||||
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Marcus Valerius Laevinus Scopas of Aetolia Pyrrhias of Aetolia Dorimachus Attalus I Machanidas † Scerdilaidas Longarus |
Philip V of Macedon Philopoemen Demetrius of Pharos † | ||||||
The First Macedonian War (214–205 BC) was fought by Rome, allied (after 211 BC) with the Aetolian League and Attalus I of Pergamon, against Philip V of Macedon, contemporaneously with the Second Punic War (218–201 BC) against Carthage. There were no decisive engagements, and the war ended in a stalemate.
During the war, Macedon attempted to gain control over parts of Illyria, but without success. It is commonly thought that these skirmishes in the east prevented Macedon from aiding the Carthaginian general Hannibal in the war with Rome. The Peace of Phoenice (205 BC) formally ended the war.