Second Macedonian War

The Battle of the Aous, fought between Roman forces under Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Macedonian forces under Philip V in the area between modern Tepelenë and Këlcyrë in Albania, was an engagement in the Second Macedonian War. The battle took place along the Aous river valley, a strategically located corridor in the mountainous terrain of what is now southern Albania. Beyond establishing that the two principal commanders of the war met in this theater, the available record does not detail the outcome or its operational consequences within the broader conflict.

The Battle of Cynoscephalae, fought in Thessaly in 197 BC, was a decisive Roman victory over Antigonid Macedon that marked the end of the Second Macedonian War. The Roman-Aetolian army under Titus Quinctius Flamininus defeated Philip V's Macedonian forces, who suffered approximately 13,000 casualties against a force of similar size. The battle was an encounter engagement rather than a prepared assault, meaning both sides committed to a major action under conditions neither had fully anticipated. The outcome ended the conflict decisively in Rome's favor, foreclosing Macedonian dominance over Thessaly and the broader Greek world and establishing Roman military and political preeminence in the eastern Mediterranean theater.