The roman conquest of greece spanned from the years 328 bc when the romans took over the greek settlement of tarquinii until 168 bc when rome conquered the greek cities and the kingdom of macedon. While rome was struggling for her very survival against the carthaginians in the second punic war philip v of macedon attempted to take advantage of their apparent vulnerability by allying with hannibal and declaring war.
Greece was afterward organized as a separate province under the name of achaia.
Roman Conquests Macedonia And Greece Free Audiobook. The greek peninsula fell under roman rule in 146 bc after the battle of corinth when macedonia became a roman province. A series of wars occurred which made both macedonia and greece provence of rome. The roman conquest of ancient greece in the second century bc.
While rome was struggling for her very survival against the carthaginians in the second punic war philip v of macedon attempted to take advantage of their apparent vulnerability by allying with hannibal and declaring war. At this time southern greece also came under roman hegemony. This will be the third in the roman conquests series following italy and spain and one of those with the most obvious appeal.
In the partition of alexanders empire among the diadochi macedon fell to the antipatrid dynasty which was headed by antipater and his son cassander. This is a complicated story. The phalanx of alexander was defeated by roman legions.
Greece has many city states and confederation. This is a complicated story. Magnesia the macedonian wars 214148 bc were a series of conflicts fought by the roman republic and its greek allies in the eastern mediterranean against several different major greek kingdoms.
However some key greek poleis remained partly autonomous and avoided direct roman taxation. The story of the roman conquest of macedonia and greece is a worthy one just as deserving of a book length explication as it was in polybius day. A series of wars occurred which made both macedonia and greece provence of rome.
Macedon or macedonia was the dominant state of hellenistic greece. Greece has many city states and confederation. This will be the third in the roman conquests series following italy and spain and one of those with the most obvious appeal.
This book is a laudable attempt to meet this goal to explain to a general reader how rome came to conquer greece and macedon and exactly what happened in the century that this conquest took pg. The cities of greece were allowed to remain nominally free but the political confederacies were broken up and each city came into direct relation with rome through the governor of macedonia. The phalanx of alexander was defeated by roman legions.
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