A Third Macedonian War, begun in 171 B. C., was waged by the Romans
against King Perseus, son of Philip V., and ended with a great Roman
victory at Pydna, in 168 B. C., and the extinction of Macedon as a
kingdom. After a revolt, called the Fourth Macedonian War, and a war
against the forces of the Achæan League, Corinth was taken by Mummius,
and Macedonia and Greece became Roman provinces (147 and 146 B. C.)