The Fourth Macedonian War ( 150 BC to 148 BC ) was fought Hostile_encounter between the Roman Republic and a Greek uprising led by the Macedonian pretender to the throne Andriscus .

Pretending to be the son of former king Perseus , who had been deposed Change_of_leadership by the Romans after the Third Macedonian War in 168 BC , Andriscus sought to re-establish Recovering the old Macedonian Kingdom .

Andriscus , after some early successes , was eventually defeated Conquering by the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus at the Second Battle of Pydna in 148 BC , and the uprising subsequently collapsed Destroying .