Editing Battle of Cynoscephalae (section)

== Armies ==

===Romans===
Flamininus had about 26,000 men, consisting of two full legions with the support of 6,000 infantry and 400 cavalry from the [[Aetolian League]] and an additional 1,200 men under [[Amynander of Athamania]].<ref name=":1" /> He also commanded [[War elephant|war elephants]] from [[Numidia]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Battle of Cynoscephalae (197 BC) |url=https://sites.psu.edu/successoftheromans/roman-campaigns/the-battle-of-cynoscephalae-197-bc/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027224142/https://sites.psu.edu/successoftheromans/roman-campaigns/the-battle-of-cynoscephalae-197-bc/ |archive-date=27 October 2023 |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref> Reinforcements from Italy brought Flamininus an additional 6,000 infantry, 300 cavalry and 3,000 marines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 32, chapter 28 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Liv.+32+28&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0144 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

===Macedonians===
Philip had about 25,500 men of which 16,000 were [[phalangites]] levied from across the kingdom consisting of wildly varying ages from young boys to aged veterans, due primarily to the perpetual wars creating a lack of manpower.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 33, chapter 4 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Liv.+33+4&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0144 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> Alongside this, there were 2,000 [[Peltast|peltasts]] (light infantry) with an additional 4,000 men from the [[Thracians]] and [[Trallians (tribe)|Trallians]], 1,500 mercenaries and 2,000 cavalry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 33, chapter 4 |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Liv.+33+4&fromdoc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0144 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

The Thessalian cavalry was led by [[Heracleides of Gyrton]] and the Macedonian cavalry by Leon. The mercenaries (except the Thracians) were commanded by [[Athenagoras of Macedon]] and the second infantry corps by [[Nicanor (Macedonian general)|Nicanor the Elephant]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perseus Under Philologic: Polyb. 18.22.3 |url=https://anastrophe.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/perseus/citequery3.pl?dbname=GreekNov21&query=Polyb.%2018.22.3&getid=1 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=anastrophe.uchicago.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Polybius, Histories, book 18, The Battle of Cynoscephalae |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0234:book=18:chapter=24&highlight=elephant,nicanor |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>