The Second Macedonian War was fought between Macedon, led by Philip V of Macedon, and Rome, allied with Pergamon, Rhodes, Aetolian League and Dardania. Philip was defeated and was forced to abandon all possessions in southern Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor. During their intervention, although the Romans declared the "freedom of the Greeks" against the rule from the Macedonian kingdom, the war marked a significant stage in increasing Roman intervention in the affairs of the eastern Mediterranean, which would eventually lead to Rome's conquest of the entire region.