Taken at the flood : the Roman Conquest of Greece / Robin Waterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waterfield, Robin, 1952-

Series:

Ancient warfare and civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illyrian wars.

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

History.

Illyria--History.

Illyria.

Physical Description:

xix, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Summary:

In an absorbing account of a critical chapter in Rome's mastery of the Mediterranean, Robin Waterfield reveals the peculiar nature of Rome's eastern policy. For over seventy years, the Romans avoided annexation so that they could commit their military and financial resources to the fight against Carthage and elsewhere. Though ultimately a failure, this policy of indirect rule, punctuated by periodic brutal military interventions and intense diplomacy, worked well for several decades, until the Senate finally settled on more direct forms of control. Waterfield's fast-paced narrative focuses mainly on military and diplomatic maneuvers, but throughout he interweaves other topics and themes, such as the influence of Greek culture on Rome, the Roman aristocratic ethos, and the clash between the two best fighting machines the ancient world ever produced: the Macedonian phalanx and Roman legion.

Contents:

Clouds in the West

Rome turns East

The Illyrian Wars

Barbarians, go home!

King Philip of Macedon

The freedom of the Greeks

The road to Thermopylae

The periphery expands

Remote control

Perseus' choice

The end of Macedon

Imperium romanum

The Greek world After Pydna.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-277) and index.

ISBN:

9780199916894

0199916896

9780199656462

0199656460

OCLC:

854906194