Macedonian Wars 213 BC–147 BC

Roman Republic ⚔ Macedonian Empire

Key battles

• Battle of Mantinea (206 BC)
• Battle of the Aous (197 BC)
• Battle of Cynoscephalae (196 BC)
• Battle of Thermopylae (190 BC)
• Battle of Magnesia (189 BC)
• Battle of the Eurymedon (189 BC)
• Battle of Myonessus (189 BC)
• Battle of Callinicus (170 BC)
• Battle of Pydna (167 BC)
• Battle of Pydna (147 BC)

Who lived through the Macedonian Wars

Well-known people alive during 213 BC–147 BC:

• Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC) — Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
• Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC) — Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
• Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC) — Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
• Plautus (249 BC–183 BC) — Roman comic playwright (c. 254 – 184 BC)
• Terence (184 BC–158 BC) — Roman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC)
• Polybius (199 BC–119 BC) — ancient Greek historian
• Hipparchus (189 BC–119 BC) — 2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician
• Apollonius of Perga (261 BC–189 BC) — ancient Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections
• Scipio Africanus (234 BC–182 BC) — Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
• Ennius (238 BC–168 BC) — Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)
• Emperor Gaozu of Han (255 BC–194 BC) — founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
• Gaius Marius (157 BC–85 BC) — Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
• Antiochus III the Great (241 BC–186 BC) — sixth Seleucid emperor (223–187 BC)
• Manetho (201 BC–) — 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
• Livius Andronicus (279 BC–199 BC) — 3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet
• Ptolemy V Epiphanes (209 BC–179 BC) — fifth ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt (209–179 B.C.)
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes (214 BC–163 BC) — king of the Seleucid Empire (175–164 BC)
• Ptolemy IV Philopator (243 BC–203 BC) — 4th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt (r. 221–204 BC)
• Apollodorus of Athens (179 BC–119 BC) — ancient Greek grammarian and historian
• Tiberius Gracchus (161 BC–132 BC) — ancient Rome politician
• Kanada (200 BC–160 BC) — Vedic sage and founder of Deepak school of Hindu philosophy
• Cleopatra I Syra (203 BC–177 BC) — queen of Ptolemaic Egypt
• Ptolemy VI (185 BC–144 BC) — Egyptian pharaoh
• Mithridates I of Parthia (194 BC–131 BC) — king of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC
• Scipio Aemilianus (184 BC–128 BC) — Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)

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