GREECE UNDER THE ROMANS.

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
MEMBER OF THE ARCHAIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT ROME.

Καὶ ἐς μὲν ἀκρόασιν ἴσως τὸ μὴ μυθώδες
αὐτῶν ἀτερπέστερον φανεῖται.

THUCYD. i. 22.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS,

EDINBURGH AND LONDON.

MDCCCXLIV.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY ANDREW SHORTREDE,

GEORGE IV. BRIDGE.

FROM THE CONQUEST OF GREECE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CON-

STANTINOPLE AS CAPITAL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. B. C. 146, to

A. D. 330.

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,

II. Treatment of Greece after its conquest,

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III. Effects of the Mithridatic war on the state of Greece,

IV. Ruin of the country by the pirates of Cilicia,

V. Nature of the Roman provincial administration in Greece,

VI. Fiscal administration of the Romans,

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VII. Depopulation of Greece caused by the Roman governme

VIII. Roman colonies established in Greece,

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IX. Political condition of Greece from the time of Augustus to that

of Caracalla,

X. The Greeks and Romans never shewed any disposition to unite

and form one people,

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

colonies of emigration,

XIV. Effects produced in Greece by the inroads of the Goths,

XV. Changes which preceded the establishment of Constantinople.

as the capital of the Roman empire,