Rome has gradually incorporated Greek territory into its empire over a period of about two hundred and fifty years.

The Greek and Roman worlds each will change significantly because of the resultant interaction.

The Romans bring order to the region, and their inventive genius will produce lasting monuments.

Among the fragile Hellenistic kingdoms, Macedonia is now a mere province of Rome, Ptolemaic Egypt is a Roman client state, and the formerly mighty Seleucid empire is now confined to the provinces of Syria and eastern Cilicia, and even those are under tenuous control in 64 BCE, when the Romans finally conquer the kingdom.