Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Philip V of Macedon

Battles of Philip V of Macedon

king of Macedon, 238 BC to 179 BC

Philip V of Macedon is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 209 BC and 197 BC: 4 battles and 2 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Greece (4), Turkey (1), Albania (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,540 km apart end to end, 308 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Macedonian War (2), Cretan War of 205-200 BCE (2), Second Macedonian War (2).

Second Battle of LamiaFirst Battle of LamiaBattle of ChiosBattle of LadeBattle of the AousBattle of CynoscephalaeFirst Battle of LamiaBattle of ChiosBattle of LadeBattle of the AousBattle of CynoscephalaeAthensThessalonikiPatraKalamataManisaLarissaTekirdağÇanakkaleBitolaIoanina200 km39.087N, 23.298E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

209 BC: 2 engagements2 in 209 BC201 BC: 2 engagements2 in 201 BC198 BC: 1 engagements197 BC: 1 engagements209 BC197 BC
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Lamia, 209 BCSecond Battle of Lamia, 209 BCBattle of Chios, 201 BCBattle of Lade, 201 BCBattle of the Aous, 198 BCBattle of Cynoscephalae, 197 BC209 BC197 BC
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
209 BCFirst Battle of LamiaLamia, GreeceMacedonian victory
209 BCSecond Battle of LamiaLamia, Greece0 km NMacedonian victory
201 BCBattle of ChiosChios, Greece316 km ERhodian alliance victory
201 BCBattle of LadeMiletus, Turkey147 km SEMacedonian victory
198 BCBattle of the AousTepelena, Albania769 km NWRoman Empire victory Roman Empire Conquest Aous
197 BCBattle of CynoscephalaeThessaly, Greece308 km SERoman-Aetolian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, PHGCOM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.