This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in
the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman
geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic
Sea to Syria by the 180s BC.

Applies modern political theory to ancient Mediterranean
history, taking a Realist approach to its analysis of Roman
involvement in the Greek Mediterranean
Focuses on the harsh nature of interactions among states under
conditions of anarchy while examining the conduct of both Rome and
Greek states during the period, and focuses on what the concepts of
modern political science can tell us about ancient international
relations
Includes detailed discussion of the crisis that convulsed the
Greek world in the last decade of the third century BC
Provides a balanced portrait of Roman militarism and
imperialism in the Hellenistic world

Autorentext
Arthur M. Eckstein is a specialist in the history of Roman imperialism. He has published three books, Senate and General: Individual Decision-Making and Roman Foreign Relations, 264194 BC (1987), Moral Vision in the Histories of Polybius (1995), Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War and the Rise of Rome (2006), and 50 major scholarly articles. He is also co-editing an edition of Polybius' Histories.

Zusammenfassung
This volume examines the period from Rome's earliest involvement in the eastern Mediterranean to the establishment of Roman geopolitical dominance over all the Greek states from the Adriatic Sea to Syria by the 180s BC.

Applies modern political theory to ancient Mediterranean history, taking a Realist approach to its analysis of Roman involvement in the Greek Mediterranean
Focuses on the harsh nature of interactions among states under conditions of anarchy while examining the conduct of both Rome and Greek states during the period, and focuses on what the concepts of modern political science can tell us about ancient international relations
Includes detailed discussion of the crisis that convulsed the Greek world in the last decade of the third century BC
Provides a balanced portrait of Roman militarism and imperialism in the Hellenistic world

Inhalt

Acknowledgments vi

List of Maps vii

Part I Rome in Contact with the Greek East, 230-205
BC 1

1 Roman Expansion and the Pressures of Anarchy 3

2 Rome and Illyria, ca. 230-217 bc 29

3 Rome, the Greek States, and Macedon, 217-205 bc 77

Part II The Power-Transition Crisis in the Greek
Mediterranean, 207-200 BC 119

4 The Pact Between the Kings and the Crisis in the Eastern
Mediterranean State-System, 207-200 bc 121

5 Reaction: Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean,
203/202-200 bc 181

6 Diplomatic Revolution in the Mediterranean, II: The Roman
Decision to Intervene, 201/200 bc 230

Part III From Hegemonic War to Hierarchy, 200-170
BC 271