Cretan War (204-199 BC)

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Was fought by King Philip V of Macedon, the Aetolian League, many Cretan cities (of which Olous and Hierapytna were the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later Attalus I of Pergamum, Byzantium, Cyzicus, Athens, and Knossos.

Chronology

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January 199 BC: With the support of pirates, Philip V of Macedon of Macedon takes control of the Cyclades.

January 199 BC: The macedonian hegemenoy over Crete lasted to the end of the Cretan War (205-200 BC).

January 204 BC: Philip captured and razed Cius as well as its neighbour Myrleia.

January 200 BC: The Macedonians captured Thyatira.

January 200 BC: He took the island of Samos from Ptolemy V.

January 200 BC: Philip of Macedon seized the city of Myus and gave it to the Magnesians.

January 200 BC: Philip Macedon seized the cities of Iasos, Bargylia, Euromus and Pedasa in quick succession.

January 199 BC: Philip attacked and occupied the cities in Thrace which still belonged to Ptolemy, Maroneia, Cypsela, Doriscus, Serrheum and Aemus.

January 199 BC: In -200, the Macedonians, led by King Philip V of Macedon, advanced on the Thracian Chersonese and captured several cities including Perinthus, Sestos, Elaeus, Alopeconnesus, Callipolis, and Madytus. This expansion of territory was part of Philip V's efforts to strengthen his control over the region.

January 199 BC: In 200 BC it was captured by a combined Roman, Pergamene and Rhodian fleet, and remained a possession of the Kingdom of Pergamon.

January 199 BC: The city of Skyathos was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon in 200 BC.

January 199 BC: The Ptolemaic Kingdom was captured by Philip V of Macedon in 200 BC.

January 199 BC: Rhodes annexed eastern Crete.

January 204 BC: Philip handed these cities over to his brother-in-law, the King of Bithynia, Prusias I.