A cikin 202 BC, Rhodes da abokanta Pergamum, Cyzicus, da Byzantium sun haɗu da jiragen ruwan su kuma suka ci Philip a yakin Chios. Bayan 'yan watanni bayan haka, jirgin ruwan Philip ya ci nasara da Rhodians a Lade. Yayin da Philip ke sace yankin Pergamese da kuma kai hari kan biranen Caria, Attalus I na Pergamum ya tafi Athens don ƙoƙarin ƙirƙirar karkatarwa. Ya yi nasara wajen tabbatar da kawance da Athenians, wanda nan da nan ya yi yaƙi da Macedonians. Sarkin Macedon ba zai iya kasancewa ba; ya kai hari kan Athens tare da rundunarsa ta ruwa da kuma wasu sojoji. Romawa sun yi masa gargadi, duk da haka, ya janye ko ya fuskanci yaki tare da Roma. Bayan shan wahala a hannun Rhodian da Pergamon, Philip ya janye tare da Philip, amma ba kafin ya kai hari ga Rhodians a Lade ba. Mafi yawan mutanen Rhodes sun fadi a kan garin Caria, Attalus I na Pergamum ya tafi Athens don kokarin haifar da wani abu.
Rhodes da Knossos