The Return of the Greeks to Asiatic Greece

Alexander conquered most of the Persian dominions before his death in 323 BC. He tried to consolidate and organize the vast empire he had won. A fever seized him after a drinking bout in Babylon, and he died in 323BC. Immediately, this vast dominion fell to pieces. The rest of the empire remained unstable, passing under the control of local adventurers. Barbarian raids began from the north, and grew in scope and intensity. Until at last, as we shall tell, a new power, the power of the Roman Republic, came out of the west to subjugate one fragment after another,. and weld them together into a new and enduring empire.