Because Philip V, the king of Macedon, the largest and dominant state in Greece, made an alliance with Hannibal and built a fleet to invade an Illyrian area just north of Greece and opposite the coast of Apulia in Italy. The Romans fought the First Macedonian War against Philip V partly because they were worried about his alliance with Hannibal and, especially, to protect their interests in Illyria.

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