In the late third century BC, while Rome was struggling for her
very survival against the Carthaginians in the second Punic War,
Philip V of Macedon allied with Hannibal in pursuit of his dream
for a new Macedonian empire. While fighting Hannibal the Romans
negated the threat by the shrewd, even cynical use of allies who
kept Philip occupied in Greece and Illyria. Once Carthage was
defeated, however, the roman army for the first time turned its
full attention to the Greek world. The stage was set for the
clash of two of the most successful military systems of the
ancient world - the roman legions against the Macedonian
phalanx. Though sorely tested, the legions emerged victorious
from the battles of Cynoscephalae and Pydna. The home of
Alexander the Great fell under the power of Rome, along with the
rest of Greece, the cradle of western civilization, which had a
profound effect on Roman culture and society. Like the other
volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the
course of these wars, e