Rome and Rhodes in the Second Century B.C.: A Historiographical Inquiry

1 May 1975

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Classical Quarterly

Vol. 25 (1) , 58-81
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0009838800032900

Abstract

Ancient Rhodes reached a pinnacle of power in the early second century B.C. For twenty years—from Apamea to Pydna—her fleet was unrivalled in the Aegean and her mainland possessions encompassed most of Lycia and Caria. Ally and helpmate of Rome in the war on Antiochus III, Rhodes gained much profit from the association, in prestige and territorial acquisitions. But her heyday was brief, her fall swift and calamitous. After Pydna, Rhodes felt the heavy hand of Rome: she forfeited most of her mainland holdings; her economy suffered ruinous setback; the island republic was humbled and humiliated. So dramatic a reversal of fortune demands explanation.

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Polybius
Published by University of California Press ,1972
Der politische Widerstand gegen Rom in Griechenland 217-86 v.Chr
Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH ,1971