Cretan War (205–200 BC)
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cretan-war-205-200-bc-187-13817996
title:
Cretan War (205–200 BC)
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The Cretan War was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, many Cretan cities and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens, and Knossos. The Macedonians had just concluded the First Macedonian War and Philip, seeing his chance to defeat Rhodes, formed an alliance with Aetolian and Spartan pirates who began raiding Rhodian ships. Philip also formed an alliance with several important Cretan cities, such as Hierapytna
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Series of battles in the Aegean
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretan_War_(205%E2%80%93200_BC)
date created:
2006-06-24T01:14:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T20:01:18Z
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