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were roman generals a blessing or a curse for the greek east in the second…
were roman generals a blessing or a curse for the greek east in the second century BC?
what is greek east
to a roman its the whole of greece
militarily
2nd macedonian war crushed antigonid powers - if you are aetolian league you are happy
third macedonian war - finish off dying remnanst of antoginid kingdom, ends at pydna
aemilius paulus enslaves 150,000 epirotes after
roughlly 1000 greek hostages in rome, incl. polybius
kinda sucks
aetolian war w antigonids (ends with apamea in 188, thermoylae 191, magnesia 190)
greek powers shot down, aetolian league ceases to function as a power
if youre greek in east youre like yay bc youre now free
Corinth gets destroyed
some greek cities want this - inscription from elis to mummius sayinf he is good for the greeks
depends - blessing for some but curse for others
religiously
look at major sanctuaries, romans dedicating here but mostly victory dedications over greeks
flaminius dedictaes a wreath and shield at delphi and delos after victory over philip V, sanctioned by aetolians who run delphi, who didnt like philip V
aemelius paulus defeats perseus at pydna, steals his monument to recommorate his own mili victory at delphi
this is not pan-hellenic way. it permanently reinforces roman presence but also lauds victories over you
shields on gables of temple of zeus by mummius from corinth. loots
loot a bunch of sanctuaries, votives from corinth decorate various bits of rome, stealing stuff
porticus matelli houses granicus monument taken from macedon and dedicated there - stolen
politically
seleucid kingdom, apamea crushed you
if you are rhodes and pergamon - this is great!
nuanced
pergamese run their newly found greek territory like aetolian and achean leagues - not a lot changes
under romans a lot of places become nominally independant - dont have to pay tax to anyone
minting of coins of flaminus on hellenistic coins - clearly like him
economically
delos made a free port - of youre italian you have good trading port, bit lots of people getting enslaved
generally a curse for the greeks, but issue is nuanced