A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE CONDITION OF THE GREEK NATION, FROM THE TIME OF ITS CONQUEST BY THE ROMANS UNTIL THE EXTINCTION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE EAST. B. C. 146-A. D. 717. BY GEORGE FINLAY, K. R. G., MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, AND CORRESPONDING Καὶ ἐς μὲν ἀκρόασιν ἴσως τὸ μὴ μυθώδες THUCYD. i. 22. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. MDCCCXLIV. Introduction-Changes produced by the conquests of Alexander the Great on the condition of the Greek nation, SECT. I. Immediate causes of the conquest of Greece by the Romans, ་ XI. State of society among the Greeks, XII. Influence of religion and philosophy on society, XIII. The social condition of the Greeks affected by the want of |