Cretan War Greece and the Aegean c. 201 BC Date 205 BC–200 BC Location Crete, Rhodes, Greece, Asia Minor, and Aegean Sea Result Rhodian victory Territorial changes Eastern Crete to Rhodes Belligerents Macedonia, Hierapytna, Olous, Aetolia, Spartan pirates, Acarnania Rhodes, Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens, Knossos Commanders and leaders Philip V, Dicaearchus, Nicanor the Elephant Attalus I, Theophiliscus † Cleonaeus