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THE ROMAN CONQUEST
Gradual formation of kingdoms after the death of Alexander—Five kings, B.C. 306—Four kingdoms, B.C. 301—Three kingdoms—Macedonia, Syria and Egypt, B.C. 281—The three kingdoms from B.C. 280 to B.C. 220—Greece and the Macedonians—The Ætolian League—The Achaean League—The Kings of Macedonia and the Achaean League—War between Sparta and the Achaean League—The "Cleomenic War," B.C. 224-222—Philip V. of Macedonia, B.C. 220-179—A state of general warfare, B.C. 220-217—The position of Athens—Ascendency of Philip V.—He joins Hannibal against Rome—The disturbed state of Greece in B.C. 211 to B.C. 200—Philip's agreement with Antiochus to partition the outlying dominions of Egypt, B.C. 205-200—Combination in Greece against Philip, B.C. 200—The Romans intervene—Roman troops in Epirus—T. Quinctius Flamininus in Greece, B.C. 198—Effects of the Battle of Cynoscephalae, B.C. 197—The Roman settlement of Greece—Disturbing elements in Greece—The Ætolians invite the interference of Antiochus—Antiochus comes to Greece—Antiochus is disappointed as to support in Greece—Ætolian war, B.C. 191-189—Battle of Magnesia, B.C. 190—Settlement of Asia after the defeat of Antiochus, B.C. 189—The kingdom of Pergamus—Subjection of Ætolia, B.C. 187—The Achaean League and Rome—General unrest in Greece—The accession and policy of Perseus, B.C. 179-168—General movement in Greece against Rome, B.C. 171-170—Severe treatment of Greek states by the Romans—Dissolution of the Achaean League, B.C. 146-5—Decadence of Greece under the Romans.
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