How did Ancient Rome defeat Ancient Greece?

Question

I am very interested in the Greek and Roman history, but do not know much about it and their relations.
I know that Rome defeated Greece, but how? From what I know, Greece was far superior in naval warfare (something Romans loathed) and were very advanced in technology.
Did a new form of warfare help Rome take over?

Thanks!

Answer 1

The Battle of Corinth was a battle fought between the Roman Republic and the Greek state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC, that resulted in the complete and total destruction of the state of Corinth. This battle marked the beginning of a new age in Greek history known as Roman Greece. Macedonia became a Roman province while southern Greece came under the surveillance of Macedonia's praefect; however, some Greek poleis managed to maintain a partial independence and avoid taxation. The Aegean islands were added to this territory in 133 BC. Athens and other Greek cities revolted in 88 BC, and the peninsula was crushed by the Roman general Sulla. The Roman civil wars devastated the land even further, until Augustus organized the peninsula as the province of Achaea in 27 BC.



In 146 BC, the Romans finally defeated and destroyed their main rival in the Mediterranean, Carthage, and spent the following months in provoking the Greeks, aiming to a final battle that would strengthen their hold also in this area. In the winter of that year the Achaean League rebelled against Roman domination in Greece.



The Roman consul Mummius, with 23,000 infantry and 3,500 cavalry (probably two legions plus Italian allies) with Cretans and Pergamese, advanced into the Peloponnese against the revolutionary Achaean government. The Achaean general Diaeus camped at Corinth with 14,000 infantry and 600 cavalry (plus possibly some survivors of another army that had been defeated earlier). The Achaeans made a successful night attack on the camp of the Roman advance guard, inflicting heavy casualties.



Encouraged by this success they offered battle the next day but their cavalry, heavily outnumbered, did not wait to receive the Roman cavalry charge and instead fled at once. The Achaean infantry, however, held the legions until a picked force of 1000 Roman infantry charged their flank and broke them. Some Achaeans took refuge in Corinth but no defense was organized because Diaios fled to Arcadia. Corinth was utterly destroyed in this year by the victorious Roman army and all of her treasures and art plundered. The annihilation of Corinth, the same fate met by Carthage the same year, marked a severe departure from previous Roman policy in Greece.



While there is archaeological evidence of some minimal habitation in the years afterwards, Julius Caesar refounded the city as Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis in 44 BC shortly before his assassination.

Answer 2

The Romans had Greek allies. During the Second Punic War, Philip V of Macedon allied himself with Hannibal (of Carthage). Fearing possible reinforcement of Hannibal by Macedon, Rome dispatched forces across the Adriatic. Roman legions, aided by allies from the Aetolian League (a confederation of tribal communities and cities in ancient Greece, centered on Aetolia in central Greece).and Pergamon (an ancient Greek city in Aeolis), skirmished with Macedonian forces and seized minor territory along the Adriatic coastline in order to "combat piracy". Rome's interest was not in conquest, but in keeping Macedon, the Greek city-states, and political leagues carefully divided and non-threatening. The war ended indecisively in 205 BC with the Treaty of Phoenice. While a minor conflict, it opened the way for Roman military intervention in Greece.

Answer 3

Rome was founded by a Greek named Romulus and the only record of any conflict was when his brother Remus stepped over the line where the walls were supposed to be. He mocked Romulus because it was so easy to invade his magnificent city, so Romulus killed him.

Answer 4

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