Ancient Warfare and Civilization Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece, (Hardcover)

from Shrike58

I had never read a systematic account of how Rome overthrew Macedonian hegemony in Greece so this book really filled a gap for me, particularly since Waterfield is more concerned (justly) with high strategy than with the nuts and bolts of battle; I came rather late in the day to an appreciation o...

from Garp83

At the Isthmian Games in 196 BCE, Roman Consul Titus Quinctius Flaminius famously issued a "Declaration of Freedom for the Greeks," subsequent to the defeat of Philip V of Macedon at the Battle of Cynoscephalae in what came to be called the Second Macedonian War, which effectively emasculated the...

from Garp83

At the Isthmian Games in 196 BCE, Roman Consul Titus Quinctius Flaminius famously issued a "Declaration of Freedom for the Greeks," subsequent to the defeat of Philip V of Macedon at the Battle of Cynoscephalae in what came to be called the Second Macedonian War, which effectively emasculated the...