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^^In the 50 years since the conquests of Alexander the Great, the
^^civilized world has become virtually a Greek world. Alexander's
^^premature death in 323 B.C. provoked a series of wars among his
^^generals for the control of an empire that stretched from
^^Southern Italy to India.
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^^Eventually it was subdivided into three relatively stable kingdoms
^^ruled by the descendents of three of his generals, Seleucus's
^^kingdom in Asia, Ptolemy's kingdom in Africa, and Antigonus's
^^kingdom in Europe. They coexist harmoniously with the great
^^mercantile power, Carthage, based in northwestern Africa. The
^^only serious threats to peace springs from periodic invasions
^^of the warlike Celts of central Europe.
^
^^Recently, however, a small republic with the unassuming name
^^of Rome has emerged from several centuries of regional warfare
^^as the dominant power of the Italian peninsula. The stage is
^^now set for a stunning series of campaigns in which Rome,
^^historically, conquered, in turn, the western Greeks, Carthage,
^^the Celts, and, finally, the three Greek empires to become
^^master of the Western world.
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^^CREATED BY MICROPROSE, REVISED BY ALLARD H.S. HÖFELT
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