When did rome gain control of the western half of Asia minor?

Answer 1

Rome gained indirect control over western and central Anatolia in 188 B.C., after her victory against the Seleucid Empire in the Roman-Seleucid War (also known as the War of Antiochus, 192-188 B.C.). The Romans were supported by their allied Greek states, Pergamon and Rhodes and with non-military support by the Achaean league and Macedon (also Greek states). Rome won the Battle of Thermopylae in Greece) and, together with Pergamon, in 191 B.C. and the Battle of Magnesia (near present day Manisa and Izmir, on Turkeys western coast) in 190 B.C. Rome and Rhodes won two naval battles, both in 190 B.C. With the treaty of Apamea of 188 B.C., Rome gave Caria and Lycia (on the coastal area of south-western Turkey) to Rhodes. She gave Mysia, Phrygia, Pisidia and Lydia (inland in western Anatolia), Pamphylia (on the southern coast) Phrygia and Lycaonia (in central Turkey) to Pergamon. In 189 B.C. the consul Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, aided by Pergamon, conducted a campaign against Galatia, in central Anatolia. The Galatians were defeated and sued for peace and Galatia became a Roman ally. Vulso acted without the consent of the senate and justified his actions by presenting it as retaliation for the Galatians fighting alongside the Seleucids during the war. He was reproached for not consulting the senate and was accused of endangering peace with the Seleucids. Cappadocia, also in central Anatolia, switched their alliance from the Seleucids to Rome. In

168 B.C. Rome separated the Lycian League (a federation of Lycian cities) from Rome and granted self-rule because of mistreatment by Rhodes.

In 133 B.C. Attalus III, the king of Pergamon died and bequeathed his kingdom to the Romans. The kingdom of Pergamon became the Roman province of Asia. In 74 B.C. Nicomedes IV, the king of Bithynia bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. In 73-63 B.C. the Romans fought the Third Mithridatic War against Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes the Great of Armenia. The Romans won the war and annexed the western part of Pontus to Bithynia, which became the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus. It covered the western and central part of the northern coast of Anatolia.

Answer 2

Rome gained the territory of the kingdom of Pergamon in 133 B.C. when Attalus III, the last king of Pergamon, bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. It became the Roman province of Asia. Cilicia Pedias (the eastern part of Cilicia) was taken over by Marcus Antonius Orator in his campaign against the the pirates from this area. In 75 B.C Nicomedes IV, the last king of Bithynia, bequeathed his kingdom to Rome. In 67 B.C. Cilicia Trachea (the western part of Cilicia) was taken over when Pompey defeated the pirates of this area. In 63 B.C. Rome won the Third Mithridatic War against Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus. She annexed the western part of this kingdom to Bithynia, which became the Roman province of Bithynia et Pontus. in 25 BC, Galatia, which had been a client state of Rome since 189 B.C, was annexed by the emperor Augustus and became a Roman province in 25 B.C. Cappadocia, which had been a Roman ally form 188 B.C. to 36 B.C and then a client state of Rome since 42 B.C., was annexed by the emperor Tiberius in 17 A.D. Lycia, which had been an ally of Rome since 168 B.C., was annexed by the emperor Claudius in 43 A.D.