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Conflict Europe

Roman Conquest of Greece

214 BCE – 146 BCE · 68 years

Through four Macedonian Wars and the Achaean War, Rome progressively conquered the Greek world. The destruction of Corinth in 146 BC marked the end of Greek independence and the absorption of Hellenic civilization into the Roman sphere.

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Greece in the Roman era on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Roman Republic
  • Macedon, Achaean League, Greek city-states

Key moments

Defining events in the Roman Conquest of Greece.

  1. 197 BC Battle of Cynoscephalae
  2. 168 BC Battle of Pydna
  3. 146 BC Destruction of Corinth

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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1000 BCE – 400 CE

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229 BCE – 168 BCE

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Colchis

1700 BCE – 163 BCE

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Roman–Numidian Wars

206 BCE – 46 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 214 BCE and 146 BCE.

206 BCE Roman–Numidian Wars 202 BCE Battle of Zama 200 BCE Dougga 200 BCE Baelo Claudia 154 BCE Numantine War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Teotihuacan Landmark · Americas 200 BCE – still standing Saka Kingdom Polity · South Asia 199 BCE – 400 CE Silk Road Trade route · East Asia 200 BCE – 1450 CE Syrian Wars (Ptolemaic–Seleucid) Conflict · Middle East 274 BCE – 168 BCE Yose ben Yoezer Figure · Judea 200 BCE – 161 BCE Ajanta Caves Landmark · South Asia 200 BCE – still standing
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