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Ionian Conqziest of Eastern Mediterranean World 289
This war with Macedon brought the Romans into conflict 5^6t-heD|^
Wlth Antiochus the Great, the Seleucid king, who held a large
cid empire
Part of the vast empire of Persia in Asia. A war with this
Powerful Asiatic empire was not a matter which the Romans
could view without great anxiety. Moreover, Hannibal, a fugi-
tlVe from Carthage (§ 562), was with Antiochus, advising him.
Nevertheless at Magnesia in Asia Minor, the West led by
Rome overthrew the East led by Antiochus (190 B.C.), and the
. lands of Asia Minor eastward to the Halys River submitted
to Roman control. Under the ensuing treaty Antiochus was
not permitted to cross the Halys River westward or to send
a warship west of the same longitude.
Within twelve years (200 to 189 B.C.) Roman arms had 567. The
Educed to the condition of vassal states two of the three great 0hf aST*55
emPires which succeeded Alexander in the East — Macedonia ^g*™*,
and Syria (see Map III, p. 288). As for Egypt, the third, a become^
'ttle over thirty years after a Roman army had first appeared
Rome (200-
* *e Hellenistic world, Egypt also acknowledged herself 168 B-c-)
a vassal of Rome (168 B.C.).
Although defeated, the eastern Mediterranean world, including WjfcAnnfc
:tle Greeks, long continued to give the Romans much trouble.
Macedon
Then the Romans began harsh remedies. The same year which ?encdti*e0sfub"
saw • the destruction of Carthage witnessed the burning of the Greeks
C°rinth also by the Romans (146 B.C.). Greek liberty was
e°ded, and while a city of such revered memories as Athens
^'ght be given greater freedom, those Greek states whose
careers of glorious achievement in civilization we have followed
Were all reduced to the condition of Roman vassals.
The Roman Senate had shown fine ability in conducting the 569. Rome's
Sreat wars. But now Rome was faced by the problem of fnmp^iai
^niishing successful government for the vast dominions which organization
she had conquered in three generations. In extent they would
^ave reached entirely across the United States. To organize
sUch an empire was a task like that which had been so suc-
cessfully accomplished by Darius, the organizer of the Persian
This war with Macedon brought the Romans into conflict 5^6t-heD|^
Wlth Antiochus the Great, the Seleucid king, who held a large
cid empire
Part of the vast empire of Persia in Asia. A war with this
Powerful Asiatic empire was not a matter which the Romans
could view without great anxiety. Moreover, Hannibal, a fugi-
tlVe from Carthage (§ 562), was with Antiochus, advising him.
Nevertheless at Magnesia in Asia Minor, the West led by
Rome overthrew the East led by Antiochus (190 B.C.), and the
. lands of Asia Minor eastward to the Halys River submitted
to Roman control. Under the ensuing treaty Antiochus was
not permitted to cross the Halys River westward or to send
a warship west of the same longitude.
Within twelve years (200 to 189 B.C.) Roman arms had 567. The
Educed to the condition of vassal states two of the three great 0hf aST*55
emPires which succeeded Alexander in the East — Macedonia ^g*™*,
and Syria (see Map III, p. 288). As for Egypt, the third, a become^
'ttle over thirty years after a Roman army had first appeared
Rome (200-
* *e Hellenistic world, Egypt also acknowledged herself 168 B-c-)
a vassal of Rome (168 B.C.).
Although defeated, the eastern Mediterranean world, including WjfcAnnfc
:tle Greeks, long continued to give the Romans much trouble.
Macedon
Then the Romans began harsh remedies. The same year which ?encdti*e0sfub"
saw • the destruction of Carthage witnessed the burning of the Greeks
C°rinth also by the Romans (146 B.C.). Greek liberty was
e°ded, and while a city of such revered memories as Athens
^'ght be given greater freedom, those Greek states whose
careers of glorious achievement in civilization we have followed
Were all reduced to the condition of Roman vassals.
The Roman Senate had shown fine ability in conducting the 569. Rome's
Sreat wars. But now Rome was faced by the problem of fnmp^iai
^niishing successful government for the vast dominions which organization
she had conquered in three generations. In extent they would
^ave reached entirely across the United States. To organize
sUch an empire was a task like that which had been so suc-
cessfully accomplished by Darius, the organizer of the Persian