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 | | The three Macedonian Wars followed by the Aechean War that led to the creation of the Roman Provinces of Macedonia and Aechea (146 BC), proved that Rome had become the new great power of the Mediterranean, and showed her ambition to expand eastward. |
 | | In reaction to the conquest of Thrace by the Seleucids, the Romans, for the first time, headed towards Asia Minor and, in 189 BC, defeated Antiochus III at the Battle of Magnesia with the aid of Eumenes II of Pergamon. |
 | | In 133 BC, Attalus III of Pergamon bequeathed his kingdom to Rome, opening Asia Minor to the Roman power. |
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