Rhodian participation in Greek efforts at mediation in the first Macedonian war had been persistent in 209-206,and had been against Roman interests as the senate saw them for the patres were opposed to any mediation of the war in Greece .they wished instead for phillip v to remain distracted by this war so that any ambitions he might have about invading Italy were moot,in addition ,as we have arguedin this study ,agood case can be made that the mediation efforts of 209-2-6 had been directed primarily at establishing peace between the Aetolian League and Philip,independently of Rome if necessary.The sharp clash between Roman purposes and Rhodian interests culminated in autumn 207 in the bitterly anti-Roman speech by the Rhodian diplomat Thrasycrates at the peace talks in Aetolia .And the Rhodians evidently followed Thrasycrates by helping mediate the eventual separate peace struck between Philip and Aetolia in 206.that the Romans angrily viewed as an Aetolian betrayal of their alliance.Thus the Rhodian Republic in decade before 201 had followed apolicy opposed to the purposes of Rome in Greece,opposed Roman involvement in Greek affairs in general,and