Project Gutenberg 2025-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 174 Barbagallo, Corrado 1877 1952 Le relazioni politiche di Roma con l'Egitto dalle origini al 50 a. C. $aRoma :$bLoescher, $c1901. Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library) "Le relazioni politiche di Roma con l'Egitto dalle origini al 50 a. C." by Barbagallo is a historical study written in the early 20th century. The work examines the diplomatic, economic, and strategic ties between Rome and Ptolemaic Egypt, embedding each episode within the broader logic of Roman foreign policy. It advances a critical reassessment of idealized narratives about Roman virtue and “civilizing” conquest, emphasizing material interests and power politics. The opening of the study sets out a historiographical correction: earlier monographs are faulted for stringing facts without explaining them through Rome’s evolving foreign-policy aims, and the author pledges a rigorous, source-based critique of Rome’s motives and myths. He first sketches Ptolemaic Egypt’s enviable agricultural wealth, industry (notably papyrus), trade networks, social structure, and cultured Alexandrian life, then contrasts this with Rome’s declining smallholding agriculture, scant industry, and militarized, predatory expansion. Against this backdrop come the first contacts: Ptolemy II’s embassy to Rome, likely driven by political caution and commercial interests, followed by a reciprocal mission and a practical, non-aggression friendship with trade provisions. In the Punic era, Egypt mediates and supplies grain to Rome in crisis, while Rome renews ties and Egypt cautiously seeks influence in Greek affairs via Roman approval. The narrative then dismantles the later legend that Rome acted as guardian for the young Ptolemy V, showing instead a web of embassies and threats aimed at Philip V and Antiochus III. As the Second Macedonian War unfolds, Rome’s settlements prioritize “Greek freedom” while largely ignoring Egypt’s claims, leaving it stripped of most Aegean and Asia Minor holdings, even as Antiochus seizes Coele-Syria and advances through Asia Minor. The section closes with Rome confronting Antiochus at Lysimachia, staking claims that reveal its real concern: checking Syrian power in Europe rather than restoring Egyptian possessions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230104044207barbagallo 1901 IT Reading ease score: 42.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Rome -- Foreign relations -- Egypt DG Text Category: History - Ancient 498995 2025-09-30T08:33:08.096206 text/html 459458 2025-08-05T13:01:55 text/html 442696 2025-09-30T08:33:17.222095 application/epub+zip 440651 2025-09-30T08:33:10.245288 application/epub+zip 283373 2025-09-30T08:33:09.069245 application/epub+zip 824538 2025-09-30T08:33:21.928066 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 788082 2025-09-30T08:33:16.305135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363515 2025-09-30T08:33:06.639186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 343462 2025-08-05T13:01:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16209 2025-09-30T08:33:22.072041 application/rdf+xml 13847 2025-09-30T08:33:09.430161 image/jpeg 2512 2025-09-30T08:33:09.250120 image/jpeg 888999 2025-09-30T08:33:08.138151 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia