. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. and offering defiance to Rome; but in the year168 the Roman consul, .ZEmilius Paulus, crushed theMacedonian power forever upon the memorable field ofPydna. Twenty-two years later (in146 ), the country was organizedas a Roman province. The great part which Macedoniaas an independent state had playedin history was ended. It becametributary to Rome, and so large wasthe stream of tribute that now beganto pour into the treasury of the cityfrom this and other subjugated countries that the land tax,hitherto paid by Roman
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. and offering defiance to Rome; but in the year168 the Roman consul, .ZEmilius Paulus, crushed theMacedonian power forever upon the memorable field ofPydna. Twenty-two years later (in146 ), the country was organizedas a Roman province. The great part which Macedoniaas an independent state had playedin history was ended. It becametributary to Rome, and so large wasthe stream of tribute that now beganto pour into the treasury of the cityfrom this and other subjugated countries that the land tax,hitherto paid by Roman citizens, was done away with (), and was not resorted to again until the evil dayswhich marked the approaching end of the republic. But the battle of Pydna constitutes a great landmarknot simply in the history of Macedonia ; it forms a land-mark in universal history as well. It was one of the deci-sive battles fought by the Romans in their struggle for thedominion of the world. The last great power in the Eastwas here The Roman senate was henceforth. Perseus of Macedonia. 1 For the Second Macedonian War, see par. 129. 2 Mithradates the Great had not yet appeared to dispute with Romethe sovereignty of the Orient (par. 168). CONQUEST OF THE EAST BY ROME. 189 recognized by the whole civilized world as the source andfountain of supreme political wisdom and authority. Weshall have yet to record many campaigns of the Romanlegions; but these, if we except the campaigns against thePontic king Mithradates the Great, were efforts to sup-press revolt among dependent or semi-vassal states, or wereexpeditions aimed at barbarian tribes that skirted theRoman dominions. 132. The Fate of Hannibal and of Scipio.—Among themany events that crowded the brief period we are review-ing, we must not fail to notice the fate of the two greatactors in the Hannibalic war. Soon after the battle ofZama, and the treaty between Carthage and Rome (), Hannibal was chosen to the chief ma
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