did the greek empire fall?

Answer 1

For centuries, historians have known that a horrible plague ravaged ancient Greece and led to the death of countless Athenians, and now DNA tests reveal that the deadly disease was typhoid fever.

Classics scholars believe the disease contributed to the once-great Athenian Empire's downfall at around 405 B.C., when Sparta's navy overtook that of Athens and starved the already plague-weakened city into helpless submission. The former empire slowly dismantled until Rome conquered Greece in 146 B.C.

Hamilton said a number of factors, including the plague, led to the fall of Athens. He explained that the city was hit with two rounds of the disease in 430 and 425 B.C. The illness originated in Ethiopia, where it traveled to Egypt and Libya before striking Greece.

Shortly thereafter, there was an "overextension of Athens," according to Hamilton, when the revered leader Pericles, who died from the plague, attempted to capture all of Sicily but wound up losing almost all of his army. A series of "bad naval engagements followed," along with two revolutions in Athens.

"The disease fractured Athenian society," Hamilton said. "It led to different inheritance and citizenship laws. Before the plague hit, you had to have an Athenian mom or dad to be declared a citizen. Since so many individuals died, much of this had to be changed."

It is estimated that a third of all Athenians died from the plague.

Answer 2

Which "Greek Empire"?
The Athenian Empire?
Alexander's Empire?
The Byzantine Empire?

They were all Greek. Each fell for different reasons.

Athens fell because of plague within the city while Spartans beseiged it from without, plus the disastrous Syracuse expedition which destroyed its navy.

Alexander's did not so much fall as get divied up between his generals.Ptolomy's portion, Egypt, fell to the Romans. The Antiochene Empire sort of disintegrated on itself, the western half falling to Rome, the Mesopotamian to others.

The Byzantines finially fell to the Turks under Mehemt II after an agonizingly prolonged retreat before Muslim forces.

Answer 3

The Greeks never fully united into a single military force and were picked apart by the Roman Empire.

Greek art, philosophy and mythology survived, merging with and dominating the Roman forms, in part because of the ex-patriate Greeks living on the Italian peninsula at the time Rome conquered Greece and afterwards.

Answer 4

Sort of, Philip the 2nd united them, and then planned an attack for Persia. He died, and then his son Alexander the Great takes over. He goes in and takes over Persia, and keeps moving west. Alexander keeps conquering empires all over the middle east and asia with absolute ease, but then he dies suddenly, I think at the age of 22. After this, the major empire that was known, was split into 3 different empires, and from there, it went downhill and the Roman Empire eventually rose out of such

Answer 5

There never was a greek empire. There was the Alexandrian Empire that crumbled after Alexander's death because it was to big and there was a lot of infighting between his heirs (they pretty much carved the empire up).

Answer 6

What Greek empire? I only remember King Paul or was it Phillip who died in the 1950's. His son Constantine was crowned King and not long after was exiled to Spain where he remains.

Answer 7

No it got larger till the Greeks bought Diners everywhere! They conquered us one forkful at a time... ;P

Ya gotta love the Greeks. Latins are the best lovers.

Answer 8

does anyone that lived in Greece when the empire fell still exist?

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

Yes. It did.