HIST 2090 Lecture Notes - Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
22 Oct 2011
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Defeats perseus, macedonians, particularly at the battle of pydna: romans resist setting up macedon as a province don"t want to govern in the hellenistic world. Divided macedon into smaller kingdoms put different kings in power so no man held as much power as perseus: treated greece like a conquered area. Free-for-all, not officially governed by rome, but could be sent there to pacify" region allowed to go there, pillage, get slaves, cultural artifacts, etc. and come back to rome with no consequences. Richer city-states (i. e. athens) able to cooperate with roman wishes because they had money: epirus major population depletion. Slavery, slaughter, etc. when resisted: roman oppression. Rome takes control: achaean war 146 achaean league revolt from rome, defeated by lucius mummius. 149 146: cato the elder: censeo carthaginem esse delendam! 133 king of pergamum wills his kingdom to rome. Graecia capta captured greece has captured her brutish victor and imported her arts to rustic latium.
