The Roman Conquest of Greece

Ancient Warfare Podcast

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Society & Culture, Greece, Warfare, Ancient, Rome, History, Military

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🗓️ 31 July 2015

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode Angus is joined by regulars Josho, Murray, Lindsay, Mark and with special guest Owen Rees. Its a lively discussion looking at Ancient Warfare Magazine volume, VIII issue 6 "The Roman conquest of Greece"

"From the northern rivers and plains of Macedon to the southern heart of the peninsula – amongst whose ragged mountains and plateaux nestled the venerable poleis of old Greece – countless kingdoms, city-states, leagues, and tribes struggled by turns for supremacy and survival in a flux of ever-changing alliances. Into this world, already ancient before their arrival, crashed the youthful republic of Rome that, although relatively unknown at the outset, eventually came to dominate a region once so fiercely independent."

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another ancient warfare magazine podcast. I'm Angus Wallace.
0:05.4	In this episode, we'll be looking at volume 8, issue 6, the Roman conquest of Greece.
0:12.3	Joining me to discuss the topic is Joshua Browers, Lindsay Powell, Mary Dame, Mike McCaffrey and Owen Reese.
0:20.2	Perhaps we should start with a question from the Facebook page.
0:25.3	Greece fell under Rome's rule in a relatively short period of time. Why did they feel the need
0:32.2	to conquer Greece? Was it the result of Roman opportunism? Conquer the Greeks and profit from the new
0:36.9	provinces? Or pragmatism?
0:39.2	Conquer the Greeks first to avoid potential rivals from doing it?
0:43.4	I think it's sort of a, the Romans would argue that they had the pretext to go in because of the wars of Pyrrhus,
0:51.5	and therefore they had an avenue to an avenue to to you know take
0:56.2	revenge as as the Romans love to do and justifications of future action but I think that
1:02.9	there was almost a requirement for them to be the conquering state that conquered Greece, who had been the
1:14.6	previous great Western force, if you like.
1:17.6	So in a way, I think it was sort of a predicated that once they had stabilized Italy and created
1:25.2	an empire, it was inevitable that they would move to Greece
1:28.4	in a way to sort of establish that they were superior, which, you know, essentially sets the
1:35.8	certainly sets the cultural tone for the rest of the Roman Empire, the fact that Greece is defeated
1:42.8	militarily by the Romans, and then we get the second
1:45.9	sophisticate and you know all these reiterations of Greek cultural superiority to to the
1:51.5	Roman and then the reaction from from a various Roman statesman that no Roman culture is
1:58.6	just as good so I think I think in a way it was inevitable, in a way
2:02.4	it was predicated by the previous contact with Greece and therefore they had a pretext.
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