| Siege of Aiginion | |||||||||
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| Part of The Third Macedonian War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Roman Republic | Macedonian kingdom | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus | Unknow | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | 1,000 garrison [2] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Heavy [2] | ||||||||
The siege of Aiginion took place in 168 BC in today's Kalabaka between the Roman Republic and the Macedonian Kingdom. Aiginion was described as a town with formidable defenses, so much so that in 197 BC the Roman General Titus Quinctius Flamininus chose to bypass the town due to its formidable defenses. [3] The siege ended in Roman victory, [4] and the town was subsequently destroyed. [5] [6] The Romans killed everyone they saw. [3]
1. Polybius
2.John Foss 2001, THE THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR and THE BATTLE OF PYDNA (168 BC)
3. Paul K. Davis, 100 Decisive Battles from Ancient Times to the Present: The World’s Major Battles and How They Shaped History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), 51.
4. Livy’s History of Rome (32,15,4)
5.Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus
6. Monuments of our town: From the ancient Aiginion and the Byzantine Stagoi to our modern town (Kalambaka 2002), 21