Editing Andriscus (section)

==Downfall and death==
[[File:Portrait - False Philip of Macedonia.png|thumb|Death of the "false Philip" in a 15th-century [[Miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniature]].]]

Thalna's defeat shook Roman prestige in the East, and made the Senate realize the full significance of the revolt. They organized a full consular army of two legions under [[praetor]] [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus|Quintus Caecilius Metellus]], to defeat Andriscus and check, if not quell, his uprising.{{sfn|Morgan|1969|pp=423-425}} Arriving in Greece in 148 BC, Metellus marched along the Thessalian coast in a combined land and sea advance, while the allied Pergamene fleet threatened the coastal district of northern Macedonia. To protect himself against both offensives, Andriscus took up a defensive position with his main army at [[Pydna]], where Metellus engaged him in battle.{{sfn|Morgan|1969|p=426}}{{sfn|Niese|1903|p=334}} In the ensuing [[Battle of Pydna (148 BC)|Battle of Pydna]], Andrisus was decisively defeated. His harsh persecutions during his reign now showed their consequences; this single battle was enough to make him lose control of Macedon, as the people submitted to Metellus.{{sfn|Niese|1903|p=334}}{{refn|group=Note|In fact, the battle itself may have been decided by treachery in Andriscus' ranks; it is known that an important Macedonian general, Telestes, defected at a crucial period in the war.{{sfn|Morgan|1969|p=426}}{{sfn|MacKay|1968|p=37}}}} He was forced to flee to Thrace, his original base of support, and began organizing a new army; however, Metellus pursued him swiftly and routed his forces before he could prepare them. Andriscus then fled to the Thracian princeling Byzes; however, Metellus managed to persuade the latter into becoming a Roman ally and handing Andriscus over as a prisoner, ending his reign.{{sfn|Morgan|1969|pp=426-427}}

He remained a prisoner over the next two years, while Metellus subdued any remaining Macedonian resistance, organized Macedon as a province and settled the [[Achaean War]] of 146 BC. When Metellus returned to Rome in 146 BC, he received the [[agnomen]] ''Macedonicus'' for his victory and was granted a [[Roman triumph|triumph]]. Andriscus was brought in chains and paraded in the triumph, and later executed — the last king to reign over Macedon.{{sfn|Niese|1903|p=334}}{{sfn|Smith|1870}}