The Romans, in search of iron, copper,…
225 BCE to 214 BCE
The Romans, in search of iron, copper, precious metals, slaves, and crops, begin to expand into the Balkan Peninsula in the late third century BCE.
The tax burden on both rural and urban populations of the Hellenistic kingdoms rises as the constant military conflicts raise revenue needs.
The Persians, Parthians, and Bactrians meanwhile threaten from the east; and Roman expansionism in southern Italy and the western Mediterranean sets the stage for repeated clashes between Rome and various Hellenistic rulers.
Conflicts between the Roman Republic and the kingdom of Macedonia from 215 BCE cause increasing involvement by Rome in Greek affairs.
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Qi (Shandong), (Chinese) state of
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Yan, (Chinese) state of
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Carthage, Kingdom of
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Qin, (Chinese) state of
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Northern Black Polished Ware culture
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Gauls
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Roman Republic
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Han, Chinese state of
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Zhao, (Chinese) state of
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Aetolian League
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Wei (also Liang), (Chinese) state of
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Greece, Hellenistic
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Greeks, Hellenistic
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Macedon, Antigonid Kingdom of
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Egypt, Ptolemaic Kingdom of
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Pergamon (Pergamum), Kingdom of
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Chu (Chinese state)
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Seleucid Empire
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Qin Dynasty
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Topics
Classical antiquity
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Roman colonization
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Iron Age China
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Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe
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Warring States Period in China
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Qin's wars of unification
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Cleomenean War, or Spartan-Achaean War of 228-226 BCE
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Illyrian Wars
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Wei, Conquest of
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Chu, Conquest of
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Syrian War with Pergamum
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Dai, Conquest of
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Qi, Conquest of
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Social War of 229-217 BCE
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Syrian War, Fourth
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Punic War, Second (Hannibalic War)
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Macedonian War, First
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Roman Age Optimum
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