Macedonian victories against romans…

[Hypaspist]

So, I’ve recently been delving into the world of roman intervention in the greek world, and all the conflicts/battles that accompanied it. I know of the disastrous macedonian defeats like Cynoscephalae, Pydna, Magnesia etc. Could someone please provide battles the macedonians/Seleucids/etc actually won against the romans?

[Alexias]

Hi, thanks for your post. I doubt there is anyone still around who could answer your query, but I could try looking for you.

[Hypaspist]

Hi thanks! What do you mean? Have ppl left this forum?

[Alexias]

Yes, I'm afraid. There have been a couple of deaths in the last few years but there are very few members left who still contribute. Alexander doesn't seem to be a particularly hot topic these days!

Anyway, I was thinking about your query and a starting point might be Heckel's Who's Who. There is an online copy here https://archive.org/details/whoiswho_202205, but there are other options to download it. It mostly deals with events in Alexander's lifetime, but by looking at the Diadochi, it might give you some hints as where to look. The William Smith Dictionary will cover much more of the Roman period https://archive.org/details/newclassicaldict00anthiala and should point you in the direction of where to look.

PS I have moved this post to the Diadochi section.

[Hypaspist]

Thank you for your reply! I will check the links. Speaking of members, where are Paralus, Xenophon and Agesilaos?

[Alexias]

Paralus hasn't been around for about a year. Sadly, Xenophon and Agesilaos both passed away. All are missed!

[Hypaspist]

I am so saddened to hear this.I know I had wonderful correspondence with them in my past threads many years ago. I guess they now have all the answers to everything they ever wanted to know about Alexander, now that they entered the heavenly realm

[Paralus]

Thank you for your reply! I will check the links. Speaking of members, where are Paralus, Xenophon and Agesilaos?

Agesiloas and Xenophon are very sadly missed. My personal conversations with both particularly so. Despite my own health issues I'm still about - just occupied with "real world" problems involving a retirement not actually chosen. In reality, my absences have more to do with the death of those two as much activity was generated via the "three stooges". Not quite the same with one stooge!

That said, there are Macedonian victories against the Romans under both Philip V and his son, Perseus. Livy records several under Perseus which I would need to find for you. None of these are of the scale of Kynoskephalai or Pydna, but victories none the less. The Romans were not invincible. It is well to bear in mind that at Kynoskephalai less than half of Philip's forces were engaged in the actual battle and that less than half had an unprotected left flank. The rest of the army were either taken while attempting to deploy or on the march. Pydna, on the other hand, was a disaster foisted on the Macedonians by a king who'd simply forgotten what combined arms was.