Rome and Hellenism. Wars, diplomacy, economics, culture. Belikov A.

Rome, for centuries, advanced to the top of his glory, traditionally combined in foreign policy advanced military art with cunning diplomatic techniques. Come to the aid of a weak state, the Roman state skillfully hid its aggressive plans. So Rome did in the West, he pursued the same politics in the east. After ending the II of the Puni War, in a fairly short historical period, the Romans find allies among the Hellenistic states, create military-political coalitions, skillfully use troubles and disagreement within the Greek world. Gradually capturing one country after another, Rome is increasingly spreading its dominance to the Eastern Mediterranean and Malaya Asia.

the book is devoted to the history of political, economic and cultural relations of republican Rome with the states of the Eastern Mediterranean. The author considers complex issues of Roman military expansion, trade and diplomacy, as well as the development of the basic principles of the world policy of Rome.