Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms

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The Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms was the series of military campaigns through which Rome defeated and absorbed the major successor states of Alexander the Great, bringing much of the eastern Mediterranean under Roman control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military campaign series ⓘ
cause Roman desire to secure eastern frontiers ⓘ
intervention in Greek interstate conflicts ⓘ
conflictWith Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Macedon ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Seleucid Empire ⓘ
describedBySource Livy ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ
endTime 1st century BC ⓘ
followedBy Roman civil wars ⓘ
establishment of the Roman Empire ⓘ
hasPart Annexation of Egypt ⓘ
Annexation of Pergamon ⓘ
Annexation of Syria ⓘ
First Macedonian War ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian Wars

Fourth Macedonian War ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian Wars

Mithridatic Wars ⓘ
Roman–Macedonian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian Wars

Roman–Seleucid War ⓘ
Second Macedonian War ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian Wars

Third Macedonian War ⓘ
linked to: Macedonian Wars

Third Punic War ⓘ
location Asia Minor ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
mainParticipant Antigonid dynasty ⓘ
Attalid dynasty ⓘ
Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ
linked to: Macedon

Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman Republic ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
Seleucid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Seleucid Empire
partOf Roman expansion in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
result Roman hegemony in the eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
dissolution of major Hellenistic monarchies ⓘ
expansion of Roman provincial system ⓘ
spread of Hellenistic culture within Roman world ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Actium ⓘ
Battle of Cynoscephalae ⓘ
Battle of Magnesia ⓘ
Battle of Pydna ⓘ
Destruction of Carthage (146 BC) ⓘ
Siege of Corinth (146 BC) ⓘ
startTime 3rd century BC ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic period → endEvent → Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Augustan expansion frontiers ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms
Histories → focusesOnEvent → Roman conquest of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms
Battle of Corinth (146 BCE) → associatedEvent → Roman annexation of Greece ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of the Hellenistic kingdoms