085 Antigonid Macedon - Storm Clouds In The West
The Hellenistic Age Podcast
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The Senate's Fear of a Macedonian War
According to Livy, the king Zhenfois Xenophanes and Simpunic agents were caught by a Roman fleet off the coast of Calabria. The more patriotic Livy claims that Handwell intended for the destruction of Rome rather than just its submission. Philip in the meanwhile had to send another embassy to Hannibal, but upon receiving confirmation of the agreement, he prepared to conduct a series of operations in Greece and Illyria. Appian suggests that Philip attacked Corcyron 215, and we know that he was crossing into Epirus the year after that,. He took the city of Oricum and laid siege to Apollonia with 120 smaller ships. They begged L
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