Identifier: historyofancient03good (find matches)
Title: A history of the ancient world, for high schools and academies
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Goodspeed, George Stephen, 1860-1905
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ey heroically and successfullyfought off the Syrian armies and sought the aid of Rome,who made a treaty with them, but gave no actual help.At last they secured their independence in 143 B.C., underSimon Maccabaeus, and set up a kingdom ruled by mem-bers of his family. The greater and lesser powers of theEast were falling into decay. The Greek states intriguedand squabbled. The kingdoms of Syria and Egypt wererent by internal quarrels. Rome stood grimly by andwaited, vexed by the continual appeals for her aid, yetunready to take active steps for interference. 375. Thus far Rome had been drawn on into the affairsof the east with hesitation and uncertainty. The troubleswith Macedonia and Syria had not been of her making;she had avoided responsibility wherever possible; theconquered lands had not been absorbed, but left as de-pendents or allies. Moreover, the weaker powers wereconstantly seeking her aid or protection against their morepowerful and aggressive neighbors. In this Greek world
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