Rome Enters the Greek East: From Anarchy to Hierarchy in the Hellenistic Mediterranean, 230-170 BC

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

7 Hegemonic War, I: Rome and Macedon, 200–196 bc 273

8 Hegemonic War, II: Rome and Antiochus the Great, 200–188 bc 306

9 Hierarchy and Unipolarity, ca. 188–170 bc 342

Bibliography 382

Index 402