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To win there battles they used jealousy, fear and played one city against another using their basic principle of ''divide and conquer'' Rome takes revenge on macedonia by starting a war with them. Since carthage was allied with them they get caught in the cross fire, They defeated both in the year 197 B.C.
Greece Falls to Rome
Tax Farming - in collecting taxes if there is excess it went to publicans Proconsuls -govenor, neglected people, suseptible to bribes Changes in agriculture- the annexation of distant lands cut out citizen farmers Government-aristocrats had power, change in ways needed Growth of commerce-equites had money little power Social Changes -increase slavery, unequal distribution of wealth
Rome implodes
Rome expanded to much so that they had to focuse on controling rather then improving. Basically quantity over quality. This leads to illiteratecy (little was written during this time) which means no more architecture or trade. The life of dark and middle ages are short nasty and brutish..
Greek & Roman Influences art- sculpture , paintings (realistic, vivid, life like) architexture- cloumns, arches, building plans entertainment - olypic games, theatre, literature hygiene- bath houses plumbing- aquaducts *examples in pictures also
