Ancient Hellenic (way more healthier) stage Blue vs what stage blue is today

[Mike Bison]

 

[MarkusSweden]

Nah, it wasn't! It was tough times.

The pressure from the Roman culture was enormous. Greece during this time was still independent from the Romans, but it was a struggle until they eventually fell and become part of the Roman empire a few years B.C. (The empire was new to the Romans as well since Julius Caesar reformed the Roman republic into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor) 

Also, during the hellenistic era there were MANY local wars. They had a system with independence for cities, this system was old and started to break down because of the pressure from new system/ideas of government, where many cites under are govern the same in a specific land-area/nation.  

The demoralisation among the people during the end of the hellenistic era was huge.