Knowra Roman Greece Roman Greece Roman Greece is the history of the Greek lands under Roman rule, from their conquest in the second century BCE through the late Roman period. Greek language and culture remained influential within the Roman political order.
Battle of Pydna : A 168 BCE battle in which Roman forces defeated the Macedonian army of King Perseus. The defeat ended Macedonian power and cleared the way for Roman control of Greece.
Roman province : A territory governed as part of the Roman state, typically through officials and a system of taxation. Provincial government supplied the framework for Roman authority in Greece.
Corinth : An ancient Greek city on the Isthmus of Corinth, rebuilt as a Roman colony after its destruction in 146 BCE. Its destruction and refoundation made Corinth a conspicuous center of Roman settlement.
Pax Romana : A period of relative stability across the Roman Empire, conventionally dated from Augustus to the second century CE. Imperial stability enabled travel, trade, and civic building in Greek cities.
Classical Greece : The period of Greek history commonly dated from the early fifth to the late fourth century BCE, marked by influential city-states and cultural achievements. Its politically independent city-states contrast with Greece’s later subordination to Rome.
Achaean War : The 146 BCE conflict between Rome and the Achaean League, ending in Rome’s destruction of Corinth. Its defeat of the Achaean League marked the decisive Roman conquest of mainland Greece.
Achaea (Roman province) : A Roman province established in 27 BCE that covered much of southern and central Greece. Its creation gave much of mainland Greece a distinct provincial administration.
Athens : A Greek city renowned for its classical political, philosophical, and artistic traditions. Under Rome, Athens retained prestige as a center of education and Greek cultural memory.
Second Sophistic : A movement of Greek rhetoric and literary performance flourishing under the Roman Empire, especially in the second century CE. Its speakers made Greek language and classical models powerful markers of status.
Hellenistic Greece : The Greek world from Alexander the Great’s death in 323 BCE to the Roman conquest of the eastern Mediterranean. The Hellenistic kingdoms preceded Roman rule and shaped its political inheritance.
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