Rome Enters the Greek East

This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC. Applies modern political theory to ancient Mediterranean history, taking a Realist approach to its analysis of Roman involvement in the Greek Mediterranean Focuses on the harsh nature of interactions among states under conditions of anarchy while examining the conduct of both Rome and Greek states during the period, and focuses on what the concepts of modern political science can tell us about ancient international relations Includes detailed discussion of the crisis that convulsed the Greek world in the last decade of the third century BC Provides a balanced portrait of Roman militarism and imperialism in the Hellenistic world

Acknowledgments vi List of Maps vii Part I Rome in Contact with the Greek East, 230–205 BC 1 1 Roman Expansion and the Pressures of Anarchy 3 2 Rome and Illyria, ca. 230–217 bc 29 3 Rome, the Greek States, and Macedon, 217–205 bc 77 Part II The Power-Transition Crisis in the Greek Mediterranean, 207–200 BC 119 4 The Pact Between the Kings and the Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean State-System, 207–200 bc 121 5 Reaction: Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean, 203/202–200 bc 181 6 Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean, II: The Roman Decision to Intervene, 201/200 bc 230 Part III From Hegemonic War to Hierarchy, 200–170 BC 271 7 Hegemonic War, I: Rome and Macedon, 200–196 bc 273 8 Hegemonic War, II: Rome and Antiochus the Great, 200–188 bc 306 9 Hierarchy and Unipolarity, ca. 188–170 bc 342 Bibliography 382 Index 402