Episode 21. Rome and the Greek East

SOURCE NOTES:Polybius, Histories Books 1–6, 10, 18, and 29–30 — The foundational narrative of Roman expansion into the east.Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Books 31–45 — Fuller in detail than Polybius, less reliable on causation.Plutarch, Life of Flamininus — The Isthmian proclamation and the character of Roman-Greek relations.Plutarch, Life of Aemilius Paullus — Pydna and its aftermath, including the Epirus enslavements.W.V. Harris, War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (1979) — The aggressive imperialism interpretation.Erich Gruen, The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome (1984) — The reluctant hegemony interpretation.Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar (2006) — Chapter 1 provides an accessible overview of the Republican expansion.John Grainger, The Roman War of Antiochus the Great (2002) — Detailed account of the Seleucid conflict.