EU 16 Section 3:   Eu East
EU 16 Section 3:   Eu East
Section Frame Event Text Box:
2 1       280-240 BC  No Events
2 2       240- 218 BC   Text Box: Piracy, the protection of Rome's Italian allies, and  Overlapping spheres of influence provided the pretext for Roman activity in the Eastern Adriatic (Illyria/ Dalmatia). 
2 2 A  229-28 BC:First Illyrian War Illustrate Macedonian sphere of influence overlapping with Rome's sphere of influence in Illiria
2 2 B  228 BC:Roman envoys at Athens and Corinth
2 2 C  219 BC: Second Illyrian War
2 3       218-201 BC    Text Box: The Roman defeat at Cannae led Philip of Macedonia to ally himself with Hannibal.  Rome allied itself with Atolia, a rival of Macedonia in Greece. The war reached a stalemate. 
2 3 A  214-05 BC: First Macedonian War
2 3 B  214 BC: Laevinus in Illyria
2 3 C  212-211 BC Roman alliance with Aetolia
2 3 D  206 BC: Aetolians make peace with Philip,  Pact between Philip and Antiochus
2 3 E  202BC: Aggressions of Philip&Antiochus, Aetolian appeal to Rome Rejected
2 3 F  201BC: Appeal of Attalus and Rhodes to Rome against Philip
2 200- 165BC   Text Box: After the 2nd Punic War,  the appeals of several Hellenistic States as well as Rome's grievance regarding Philips earlier behavior led to a major confrontation. The war was decided in one decisive battle (Cynoscephalae).Though Philip had been defeated and the Romans had evacuated Greece, the situation remained unstable. Antiochus invaded Greece, but was driven back and defeated at Magnesia. Thereafter, Roman aggression continued in various parts of the Eastern Mediterranean. Following a revolt in Macedonia, the country was divided into four republics. 
2 4 A  200-196 BC: Second Macedonian War
2 4 B  195 BC War against Nabis 
2 4 C  194 BC Roman evacuation of Greece
2 4 D  191 BC: Antiochus defeated at Thermopylae, withdraws to Asia Minor. War in Aetolia
2 4 E  191 BC:Ant.'s fleet defeated of Corycus. 
2 4 F  190 BC:Scipios in Greece. Ant. Defeated at Magnesia, fleet also defeated   MARKED, BUT NO BUBBLE 192-188 How to represent episodes in different places at the same time, in an efficient manner
2 4 G  189 BC:Fall of Ambracia. Peace with Aetolia.
2 4 H  188 BC: Treaty of Apamea. Settlement of Asia
2 4 I  177 BC Annexation of Istria
2 4 J  168 BC BC:Defeat of Pereus at Pydna. Antiochus checked. Delos a free port. 
2 4 K  167 BC: Epirus plundered
2 4 L  167 BC:Macedon divided into four republics. Illyricum into 3 protectorates. Acheans deported to R.
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2 165-133BC    Text Box: In the Mid 2nd Century B.C., the Romans extended their control in the Balkans and in Asia Minor. 
2 5 A 157-55BC Roman campaigns in Dalmatia and Pannania
2 5 B  150 BC Return of Achean exiles to Greece
2 5 C  149 BC:Rising of Andrisus in Macedon
2 5 D  146BC: War b/w Rome &Achaeans, sack of Corinth
2 5 E 133BC: Pergamum bequeathed to Rome by Atallus III.
2 133-100 BC   Text Box: Continuing unrest  led to the creation of formal provinces, Macedonia, and Asia. 
2 A  132 BC: Revolt of Aristonicus in Asia.
2 6 B 130 BC: Aristonicus defeated
2 6 C 129 BC:Province of Asia organised
2 6 D  102 BC: M. Antonus sent to Cilicia to deal with pirates
2 100-60 BC   Text Box: Mithradates the King of Pontus, initiated a series of wars against Rome. Sulla, and then later Antonius and Lucullus were sent to restore order. 
2 7 A  96 BC Sulla ordered to install Ariobarzanes on throne of Cappadocia. Ptolemy Apion, Rome to Cyrene Move to Text Box 
2 7 B C-F Death of Nicomedes, Mithridates overruns Asia Minor
2 7 C 87 BC Sulla lands in Greece 96-95 (B-E) one bubble?
2 7 D 86 BC:Sulla takes Athens, defeates Mithridate's armies at Chaeronea and Orchomenus.
2 7 E  85 BC Settlement of Asia, Murena begins a Second Mithridatic War F-L one bubble?
2 7 F 73-72 U-W Lucullus campaigns in Asia Minor
2 7 G 67 BC:Lex Gabinia gives command to Pompey against pirates
2 7 H 66BC: Lex Manilia gives Pompey command againt Mithridates. 
2 7 U Z-CC combine as above
2 7 I 65-62 BC:Pompey camaigns in Caucasus; Pompey in Syria; Pompey in Jurusalem. Death of Mithridates
2 7 L 62 BC:Pompey settles East, including making Syria a province; Pompey in Jurusalem. Death of Mithridates; 
2 60-50BC   Text Box: After 61B.C., the Romans continued to organize and reorganize their Eastern provinces and client-states. 
2 8 A  58BC:Cato sent to Cyprus, which is annexed. 
2 8 B 58 BC: Ptolemy driven out of Alexandria
2 8 C  56 BC: Cato returns from Cyprus. 
2 8 D 53 BC:Crassus defeated and killed by Parthians at Carhae. 
2 8 E 51 BC:Parthian invasion of Syria. Cicero sent to Cilicia.