After the irreplaceable vacuum Alexander the GreatΓÇÖs death had left in the governing of the vast empire he had built, Greece began facing many internal problems. The Romans, who had already subjugated the Italian peninsula, began casting their eyes on other countries. One of these was Greece. By 148 B.C. after a series of victorious battles, they had already conquered Macedonia. In 146 B.C. they conquered Corinth and subjugated all of Greece, in 129 B.C. they