The Roman-Greek wars were a series of conflicts between the Roman Republic and Greek kingdoms and city-states.
The list includes:
- The Pyrrhic War (280–275 BC), which ended with the victory of Pyrrhus of Epirus, regarded as a ‘Pyrrhic victory’ (and the origin of this term).
- The First Macedonian War (214–205 BC), which ended with the Peace of Phoenice.
- The Second Macedonian War (200–197 BC), during which the Romans declared "the freedom of Greece" from the Macedonian Kings.
- The Roman–Seleucid War (192–188 BC), which ended with the Peace of Apamea.
- The Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC), after which Macedonian territory was divided into four client republics.
- The Fourth Macedonian War (150–148 BC), after which Macedonia was formally annexed.
- The First Mithridatic War (89-85 BC), during which Rome fought with Pontus over control of Anatolia.
- The Second Mithridatic War (83-81BC), which ended indecisively.
- The Third Mithridatic war (73-63 BC), in which Rome gave the final blow and conquered the Pontic kingdom and Syria.
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