The GREEK SLOGAN of FREEDOM and EARLY ROMAN POLITICS i GREECEThe Greek Slogan of Freedom and Early Roman Politics in Greece Sviatoslav Dneitriev OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSOXFORD [UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford University Press, Inc, publishes works that further Osford University’s objective of excellence invesearch, scholarship, and education Osford Now York Auckland Cape Town Dares Sslsam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipel Toronto Wich offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2011 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madicon Avenue, New York, New Yark 10036 wane up.com Onford ie registered rademath of Oxford University Prose All rights reserved, No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in a reteieval system, or transenitted, io ang former by any means, electronic, mechanical, phetacopying, recording, or atherwise, without the prior permission of Gaford University Press Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Danieren, Svitasior The slogan of freedom and early Roman politics in Groece / Sviatoslav Dmitriev. Pom laclades bibliographical references and index. ISBN g78-c-39-557538-3, 4. Grocce—Polities and government —To u46 LC. 2, Rhotorie—Poltical aspects —Grecee 3 Liberty —Greace—History. ¢ Rome—Foreign relations— Greece, 5. Gresce—Boreign relations —itome. 6, Rome—Politics and government —a6s-30 B.C. I, Tile DPea.Dy6 aa.0 godess aa09053005 LU5P ORO 4NITP OBE 4S Printed in the United States of America fn acid-free paperContents Acknowledgments — ix Abbreviations xi Introduction 3 PART ONE | THE SLOGAN OF FREEDOM FROM THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR TO THE COMING OF ROME 1, From the Peloponnesian War to the Enthronement of Philip II of Macedonia 45 2. The Macedonian Peace of Philip I] and Alexander the Great 67 3. The Slogan of Freedom under and after the Successors 112 PART TWO | EARLY ROMAN POLITICS IN GREECE 4. Rome and the Greeks from 229 to the Declaration of Flamininus 145 5. The Origin of the Roman Slogan of Greek Freedom 166 6. The Roman Slogan of Greek Freedom against Nabis and Antiochos III 200 PART THREE | THE AFTERMATH: FROM THE DEFEAT GF ANTIOCHOS III TO THE DESTRUCTION OF CORINTH 7-Roman Policy in Greece and Asia Minor 227 8. Rhodes between Rome and Perseus 283 4, The Downfall of the Achaean League and Polybios's History 323