 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Roma zvino yakanga yava tenzi asingapokanidzwi weMadokero eMediterranean, uye yakatendeudzira ziso rayo kubva kuCarthage yakakundwa kuenda kunyika yechiHellenistic. Mauto maduku eRoma akanga atobatanidzwa muHondo Yokutanga yeMakedhoniya, apo, muna 214 BC, ngarava dzehondo dzaitungamirirwa naMarcus Valerius Laevinus dzakabudirira kudzivisa Philip V kupinda muIllyria nengarava dzake dzichangobva kuvakwa. Hondo yose yakasara yakaitwa zvikurukuru nehama dzeRoma, Aetolian League uye gare gare Umambo hwePergamon, asi boka reRoma nePergamene rakabatana rakaumba ngarava dzeRoma dzinosvika mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu. Ngarava 60 dzakatenderera muAegean kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo muna 205 BC. Mukurwisana uku, Roma, yakanga ichiri muHondo yePunic, yakanga isingadi kuwedzera zvinhu zvayo, asi yaida kudzivisa kukura kwesimba raFiripi muGirisi. Hondo yacho yakapedzisira yava kunetsa, uye yakatangazve muna 201 BC, apo Philip V akapinda muAsia Minor. Hondo yomugungwa pedyo neChios yakaguma nokukunda kunodhura kwesangano rePergamene neRhodian, asi ngarava dzehondo dzeMacedonia dzakarasikirwa nengarava dzehondo dzakawanda, kusanganisira ngarava yadzo huru, deceres. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Pergamon neRhodes zvakakumbira Roma kubetserwa, uye Republic yakabatanidzwa muHondo yechipiri yeMakedhonia. Tichifunga nezvokukurira kukuru kwehondo dzehondo dzeRoma, hondo yacho yakarwiwa panyika, uye ngarava dzehondo dzeMakedhoniya, dzakanga dzatopererwa nesimba paKhios, dzakanga dzisingazotyi kubuda munzvimbo dzadzo dzakanga dzakanamatira paDemetrias. Pashure pokukunda kwakakomba kweRoma paCynoscephalae, miganhu yakatemerwa Makedhonia yakanga yakaoma, uye yaibatanidza kuparadzwa kwakakwana kwehondo dzayo dzegungwa. 