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Battle of Cynoscephalae
197 BCE · Greece
Quick Facts
- Year
- 197 BCE
- Location
- Greece
- Era
- 🏺 Ancient Greece & Rome
- Difficulty
- hard
The Roman legions under Titus Quinctius Flamininus defeated Philip V of Macedon's phalanx at the hills called Cynoscephalae. The uneven terrain disrupted the rigid Macedonian phalanx, while the flexible Roman manipular system adapted and exploited gaps in the formation. The victory established Roman dominance over Greece and demonstrated the tactical superiority of the legion over the phalanx on broken ground.
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The victory at Cynoscephalae was partly won by an unnamed Roman tribune who, on his own initiative, took twenty maniples and attacked the Macedonian phalanx from behind.