What caused the destruction of the ancient Greeks civilization?

Question:It seems that they were really powerful at one point (Alexander the Great, Plato, etc...)

if they were conquered by someone - why do you think that happened?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It seems that they were really powerful at one point (Alexander the Great, Plato, etc...)

if they were conquered by someone - why do you think that happened?

The Eastern "Roman" Empire was basically a Greek empire, to the extent that its language was Greek. The Emperors were called Basileus, and one of the prominent families was called" Palaeologolus - both Greek words as an example. That ended in 1453, when the Turks finally conquered Byzantium. The Romans never Latinised the east.

This was a result of the conquests of Alexander and his rule and the rules of his successors - The Seleucids, Ptolomies and Antonids.

The Romans came. That's what happened. The Romans had spears and swords, and the Greeks had Archimedes. The result is obvious.

The Greek culture and civilisation never really went away-the Romans and Macedonians copied much of their religion, art and science. When the western Roman empire collapsed the Greeks had been a subject people for 600 years already (196 BC onwards) and had been slowly diminishing fromthat time on-ancient Greece itself was devestated by the Roman occupation but their culture was admired and copied.

Too much baklava.

the romans defeated the last greeks during the macedonian wars. From what I read in Livy's histories, the greeks pretty much always fail because the romans are just so freakin good at fighting -(braver, more men, better tactics, allies behind enemy lines.)

the great leaders died, that's what happened. and with them, the great civilization of Ancient Greece.