The
Fourth Macedonian War (
150 BC -
148 BC) was the final war between
Rome and
Macedon. It came about as a result of the pretender
Andriscus's usurpation of the Macedonian throne, pretending to be the son of
Perseus, the last King of Macedon, deposed by the Romans after the
Third Macedonian War in
168 BC. Andriscus, after some early successes, was eventually defeated by the Roman general Metellus at Pydna in 148 BC.
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