Were a series of conflicts that were fought between the generals of Alexander the Great, known as the Diadochi, over who would rule his empire following his death.

1.1.Third War of the Diadochi

Was a war between Macedonian Generals that saw Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Cassander fight against Antigonus.

1.2.Fourth War of the Diadochi

Was a war between Macedonian generals that saw Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Cassander fight against Antigonus and Demetrios.

January 307 BC: In 308 the Nesiotic League was freed by Ptolemy I of Egypt.

1.3.Fifth War of the Diadochi

Was a war between Macedonian Generals that saw Ptolemy, Lysimachus and Seleucus fight against Demetrios.

January 286 BC: The Nesiotic League in Macedonia was under the control of the Antigonid dynasty until around 287 BC. At that time, it came under the rule of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which was founded by Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great's generals.

2. Syrian Wars

Were a series of six wars between the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, successor states to Alexander the Great's empire, during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC mainyl over the region then called Coele-Syria.

2.1.Third Syrian War

Was one of the wars between the Seleucid Kingdom and the Ptolemaic Kingdom over the domain in the Levant.

January 244 BC: Defeated at the Battle of Andros sometime between 258 and 245 BC, the Ptolemies ceded the Cyclades to Macedonia.

3. Cretan War (204-199 BC)

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.

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

4. Macedonian Wars

Were a seris of conflicts between the Roman Republic and Antigonid Macedonia over control of Greece and the eastern Mediterranean Basin. .

4.1.Second Macedonian War

Was a war fought by Rome, allied with the Kingdoms of Pergamons and Rhodes, against Antigonid Macedonia.

January 196 BC: After the Battle of Cynoscephalae, the Nesiotic League passed to Rhodes.

4.2.Third Macedonian War

Was a war fought by Rome against Antigonid Macedonia. The war was won by Rome, and Macedonia was divided in four client states of Rome.

January 166 BC: The Nesiotic League, led by the island of Rhodes, lost its independence to the Roman Republic in -167 BC at the end of the Third Macedonian War. This marked the end of Rhodian autonomy and their submission to Roman rule.

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Selected Sources

Reger, G. (1994): The Political History of the Kyklades 260–200 B.C., Historia. 43 (1): 33.

Spence, I. (2002): Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Warfare, Scarecrow Press, p. LIII

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