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Greece was a Roman province in all aspects from 146BC - AD86. The Greeks
wanted their independence, though, and when the Pontian king Mithridates
VI started invading Roman territories many Greek states supported him.
This proved to be a disastrous decision, for the Roman army answered by
chasing Mithridates out of Greece and by sacking Athens, Corinth and a
large part of central Greece. From now on Greece had lost any commercial
power, and basically only art and philosophy remained a major influence.
Augustus separated Macedonia from Greece around 22 BC, but otherwise
Greece was pretty much left to its own misery until about 250 years
later, when Hadrian was Emperor. Herodes Atticus then beautified Athens
man many Greek cities, but when the Goths invaded in 267 Athens was
captured and Argus, Corinth and Sparta sacked.
The Roman Empire was divided in two parts, East and West since it had
two emperors after 385. The East was to develop into what we know as
Byzantium.
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