Battle of Cynoscephalae

The Battle of Kynoskephala found in the mountain range Cynoscephalae ( ancient Greek " dogs' heads " ) in Thessaly near the city of Thebes instead; it was the decisive battle of the Second Macedonian -Roman war. The end of May / beginning of June 197 BC met each other here the troops of Philip V of Macedon and the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus. On the part of the 32,000 -strong Roman army fought and Greek contingents. The Macedonian phalanx suffered a crushing defeat that forced Philip to make peace with Rome and its allies. This meant the end of the Macedonian hegemony in Greece. At the Isthmian Games 196, the Greek poleis were declared free and independent.

The Battle of Cynoscephalae thus represents a turning point in Greek history since the foundation stones for the foreign rule of the Romans was placed in the Greek and the power of the Diadochi State Macedonia was heavily damaged. During the peace negotiations, Flamininus resisted the demands of his allies Aitolisches Federal destruction of the Macedonian monarchy, because Macedonia with the protection fulfilled an irreplaceable function before Illyrian and Thracian invaders.

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• Livy, History of Rome: Latin and German (Book 31/34 ), Edited by HJ Hillen, Munich 21986th