CLST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Masinissa, Hanukkah, Carthago Delenda Est
28 Sep 2017
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Perseus: many greek states including former roman allies supported him, states were now obliged to send hostages to rome, around a thousand were sent, one hostage was polybius of megalopolis and he became the tutor of. Steele from acadia: thought to represent polybius, became one of the greatest historians of rome, saw roman constitution of a mixture of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy. Year before pydna: atiochus iv invaded egypt and the egyptian king/pharaoh asked rome for help, a roman envoy (delegation) gaius popillius laenus, met antiochus iv in the desert. Antiochus iv: ruled judaea, hoped to eradicate the practice of judaism, placed greek statues in the temple in jerusalem, prompted the revolt judas/the maccabaeus (judah maccabee) from 167- 160: the war against antiochus iv is called the festival of chanukah, maccabees signed a treaty with rome in 161 having a common enemy in.
