The Hellenistic Period

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ROMAN CONQUEST
The Hellenistic period lasted from 323 BC, which marked the end of the wars of Alexander the Great, Rome rule did not break the continuity of Hellenistic society and culture, which remained essentially unchanged until the advent of Christianity, it did mark the end of Greek political independence.
During the Hellenistic period, Greek-speaking world declined sharply. The great centers of Hellenistic culture were Alexandria and Antioch, capitals of Ptolemaic Egypt and Seleucid Syria respectively.
After the death of Alexander, his empire was, after quite some conflict, divided among his generals, resulting in the Ptolemaic Kingdom (based upon Egypt), the Seleucid Empire (based on the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Persia) and the Antigonid …show more content…
Although the First Macedonian War was inconclusive, the Romans, in typical fashion, continued to make war on Macedon until it was completely absorbed into the Roman Republic (by 149 BC). In the east, the unwieldy Seleucid Empire gradually disintegrated, although a rump survived until 64 BC, whilst the Ptolemaic Kingdom continued in Egypt until 30 BC, when it too was conquered by the Romans. The Aetolian league grew wary of Roman involvement in Greece, and sided with the Seleucids in the Roman-Syrian War; when the Romans were victorious, the league was effectively absorbed into the Republic. Although the Achaean league outlasted both the Aetolian league and Macedon, it was also soon defeated and absorbed by the Romans in 146 BC, bringing an end to the independence of all of …show more content…
In the original division of the Alexander empire, the Ptolemies were awarded Judea (Palestine south of Samaria) as among the region they will control. Seleucid was not happy with the decision rather they saw themselves as being cut off from the wealth that comes through the Mediterranean roads. So this issue created a conflict of war between both parties who sort of ways to reclaim back the empires as conquered by Alexander the great. But the question to ask is how did Jews become part of this conflict and how did the Hellenistic Greek culture of the Greco-roman empire influence the Jewish
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