emma999 Apr 7, 2021 2:08am

"In 87 BC, during the 1st of the Mithridatic Wars of Rome vs Mithridates VI, the King of Pontus, Roman General Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix laid siege to both Athens and the Athenian Port of Piraeus.

Sulla, whose surname was given in recognition of the red blotches covering his face, couldn’t breech the strong Athenian fortifications but he was able to cut off supplies. After a 5 month long siege, deserters from the city revealed a weak point in the walls. At midnight on March 1, 86 BC, the armies of Sulla breached the walls. When the invasion was finished, most of the city was burned to the ground and much of the population lay dead in the streets.

Athens did rebuild under Roman rule. The Roman elite (and ruling class) had an elevated regard for Athens as the center of higher knowledge. Everyone from Julius Caesar, to Pompey Magnus, Mark Anthony, Augustus, Cicero and Ovid studied in Athens. Greek was the language of the educated. Latin was the language of the streets." excerpt from Rome on Rome

emma999 Apr 7, 2021 2:04am

wars... horror of horrors... only the wars for righteousness sake, never for domination and grabbing of the land, MPO.

lucille80 Apr 6, 2021 9:09am

the symbol of the Roman army was the eagle