History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . n army. On the fieldof Cynoscephalae (dogs heads), in 197 , the Macedonianarmy was disastrously routed, and the ancient realm of Alexanderthe Great became a vassal state under Rome. As allies of Rome(§318), the Greek states were then granted their freedom bythe Romans. This war with Macedon brought the Romans into conflict withAntiochus the Great, the Seleucid king, who held a large partof the vast empire of Persia in Asia. A war with this powerfulAsiatic empire was not a matter which the Romans could view
History of Europe, ancient and medieval: Earliest man, the Orient, Greece and Rome . n army. On the fieldof Cynoscephalae (dogs heads), in 197 , the Macedonianarmy was disastrously routed, and the ancient realm of Alexanderthe Great became a vassal state under Rome. As allies of Rome(§318), the Greek states were then granted their freedom bythe Romans. This war with Macedon brought the Romans into conflict withAntiochus the Great, the Seleucid king, who held a large partof the vast empire of Persia in Asia. A war with this powerfulAsiatic empire was not a matter which the Romans could viewwithout great anxiety. Moreover, Hannibal, a fugitive fromCarthage (§336), was with Antiochus, advising him. Neverthe-less at Magnesia in Asia Minor the West led by Rome overthrewthe East led by Antiochus (190 ), and the lands of AsiaMinor eastward to the Halys River submitted to Roman treaty closed Asia Minor west of this river to Antiochus. Within twelve years (200 to 189 ) Roman arms had re-duced to the condition of vassal states two of the three great 218. Sequence Map showing the Expansion of the Roman P TO THE DeA
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