The Battle of Pydna
The legion beats the phalanx, and Alexander's kingdom ends
In 168 BC the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeated King Perseus in the Third Macedonian War: on broken ground the flexible maniples of the legion tore apart the phalanx. The Antigonid kingdom of Macedon was abolished and split into four republics under Roman control.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- 190 BC The Battle of Magnesia — 22 years earlier
- 167 BC The Maccabean Revolt — 1 year later
Africa
- 149 BC–146 BC Third Punic War — 19 years later
Alive at the time
- Cato the Elder (aged 66)