146 BC–-30 · Europe · Empire
Roman victories over Macedon and the Achaean League absorbed Greece; later civil wars drew Ptolemaic Egypt into the struggle between Octavian, Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
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Why it matters
Roman victories over Macedon and the Achaean League absorbed Greece; later civil wars drew Ptolemaic Egypt into the struggle between Octavian, Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII.
Aemilius Paullus · Cleopatra VII · Mark Antony · Octavian
Actium and Alexandria ended the Ptolemaic kingdom and made Egypt an imperial province central to Rome’s grain supply.
Interpretation note
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