The Roman allies in this war were: the Aetolians, Athenians, Rhodians, the kings of the Athamanes, Dardanians, and Pergamus.--The Achaeans at the beginning sided with Philip, but were subsequently gained over by Flaminius. See below, in the Roman History. 20. Soon after, the freedom of Greece was solemnly proclaimed at the Isthmian games by Flaminius: but loud as the Greeks were in their exultations, this measure served merely to transfer the supremacy of their country from Macedonia to Rome: and Grecian history, as well as the Macedonian, is now interwoven with that of the Romans. To foster quarrels between the Greek states, with the especial view of hindering the Achaeans from growing too formidable, now became a fundamental principle at Rome; and Roman and anti-Roman parties having quickly arisen in every city, this political game was easily played. Flaminius even took care that the Achaeans should have an opponent in the person of Nabis, although under the necessity of waging war against him previous to his return into Italy, 194.--In 192, war between Nabis and the Achaeans; followed after the murder of Nabis, at the hands of the Aetolians, by the accession of Sparta to the Achaean league.--But about the same time Greece once more became the theatre of foreign war; Antiochus having firmly seated himself in the country, and enleagued himself with several tribes, but more particularly the Aetolians, inspired with bitter and long-standing hatred against the Romans. These last, however, after the expulsion of Antiochus from Greece, 191, paid dearly for their secession; nor was peace granted them by Rome till after long and unsuccessful supplications, 189.