Nesiotic League (Rhodes)

This article is about the specific polity Nesiotic League (Rhodes) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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After the Battle of Cynoscephalae, the federation of islands passed to Rhodes. It encompassed the Cyclades islands in the Aegeans Sea.

Establishment

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

Chronology

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1. Macedonian Wars

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

1.1.Second Macedonian War

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

1.2.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.