<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Roman Greece as described here is the period of Greek history affecting its subsequent constituent Roman provinces that followed the Roman victory over the Corinthians, at the Battle of Corinth (146 BC), until the adoption of the city of Byzantium by the Emperor Constantine the Great as the capital of the Roman Empire (as Nova Roma, later Constantinople) in AD 330 . </P> <P> The Greek peninsula first came under Roman rule in 146 BCE after the Battle of Corinth when Macedonia became a Roman province, while southern Greece came under the surveillance of Macedonia's prefect . However, some Greek poleis managed to maintain partial independence and avoid taxation . The Kingdom of Pergamon was in principle added to this territory in 133 BC when King Attalus III left his territories to the Roman people in his will . However, the Romans were slow in securing their claim and Aristonicus led a revolt with the help of Blossius . This was put down in 129 BC, when Pergamon was divided among Rome, Pontus, and Cappadocia . </P> <P> Athens and other Greek cities revolted in 88 BC, and the uprising was crushed by the Roman general Sulla . The Roman civil wars devastated the land even further, until Augustus organized the peninsula as the province of Achaea in 27 BC . </P>

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