Take the time to dig your history banks. Now, how is the total power of a state/kingdom measured, again? No, stop thinking about your history professor’s weird mannerisms and just focus with the question. Again, how? It’s with a state’s total land area/ natural resources and military power, right? Using these categories will lead you to the assertion that those territories with the largest land area, like let’s say, Soviet Union (now, Russia) and Greece are the most powerful countries in Europe. But, no this is entirely wrong. Remember the Macedonian Wars. Ever wonder why Rome, although there are other European territories that are much bigger in terms of land area, had tremendous influences over the Mediterranean basins during the BC eras? It’s because they can fight and they know how to use their military power especially after a certain Carthaginian military commander, named Hannibal, posed a big, successful and surprising overland journey and costly crossing of the Alps.

It can be said that these record-breaking achievements pushed Romans to engage in a series of battles. And these battles, as we’ve said, are now referred to as The Macedonian and Seleucid wars. Take note that The Macedonian wars lasted until after the Second Punic war, leading to, after the second, a third and even a fourth battle. If you’re a history student who always gets headaches whenever you try to remember the highlights of each war, you’re in the right website.

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