Roman Conquest Of The Mediterranean



Roman Conquest Of The Mediterranean

Introduction

The Mediterranean appears to be split up by a steady alignment of five "Empires": the Roman in Italy, the Carthaginian in Africa and on the West-Mediterranean isles, the Ptolemeian in Egypt and Northern Syria, the Macedonian in Hellas and the Seleucid in Anatolia, Northern Syria and Mesopotamia. This alignment was somewhat new. In the late fourth and early third 100 years, a Macedonian gale had stormed over Hellas, Asia and Egypt. The dirt had eventually resolved round 270, when a "final" partition of Alexander's Empire was accomplished by the successors of his generals.( Spielvogel 2008) At the identical time, after centuries of conflict and balanced principle, the town of Rome (Roma) had profited posession of all of Italy, except for the territories North of the stream Arno (Arnus).

 

Discussion

In a time span of little more than a 100 years this alignment was to be altered so fundamentally that it appeared as if it had not ever lived at all. In the year 133, Carthage and Macedon had been decimated and the Ptolemies and Seleucids were ruling puny kingdoms at the for ( Spielvogel 2008) demonstration of the renowned world. The only residual Mediterranean power was the Republic of Rome. The first step to this was put by Roman senators in answer to Sicilian events in the year 264.

Before we study this tremendous move of power, although, we should take a short gaze at the increase of Rome. Starting as a minute town at the Tiber stream, the Latin town of Rome (founded in the year 753 BC as asserted by legend) was directed by monarchs, the last of them being Etruscans. ( Spielvogel 2008) The Etruscans were a strong, non-Indo-European civilization in Tuscany. They have mostly leveraged the Romans, for demonstration ...