Editing 205 BC (section)

====Greece====
* [[Philip V of Macedon]] makes a temporary peace (the [[Peace of Phoenice]]) with [[Roman Republic|Rome]] on favourable terms for [[Macedon]]ia ending the [[First Macedonian War]]. The treaty formally acknowledges the favourable position of Macedonia, including their capture of [[Illyria]], but in return Philip effectively repudiates his alliance with [[Hannibal]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank William|last=Walbank|title=Philip V of Macedon|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1940|oclc=491231292|page=104}}</ref>
* After the peace, the [[Sparta]]n king, [[Nabis of Sparta|Nabis]], goes to war with the [[Achaean League]]. The Achaean general [[Philopoemen]] expels Nabis of Sparta from [[Messene]].
* The Peace of Phoenice prohibits Philip from expanding westward into Illyria or the [[Adriatic Sea]], so the king turns his attentions eastwards to the [[Aegean Sea]], where he starts to build a large fleet. After concluding the [[First Macedonian War]], Philip of Macedon, seeing his chance to defeat [[Rhodes]], forms an alliance with [[Aetolia]]n and [[Sparta]]n pirates who begin raiding Rhodian ships. The [[Cretan War (205–200 BC)|Cretan War]] begins between Philips' Macedonians, the [[Aetolian League]], several [[Crete|Cretan]] cities (of which [[Olous]] and Hierapytna are the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later [[Attalus I Soter|Attalus I]] of [[Pergamum]], [[Byzantium]], [[Cyzicus]], [[Athens]] and [[Knossos]].
* With the Rhodian fleet and economy suffering from the depredations of the pirates, Philip begins attacking the lands of Rhodes' allies in [[Thrace]] and around the [[Sea of Marmara]].