Polybius (Sather Classical Lectures (Paperback)) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for Polybius As a young man, the historian Polybius was an active politician in the Achaean Confederacy of the second century B.C., and later, during his detention at Rome, became a close friend of some leading Roman families. His History is our most important source for the momentous half-century during which the Romans weathered the war with Hannibal and became masters of the Mediterranean world. F. W. Walba...
Full description- Publisher: University of California Press
- Published: 01 March 1990
- Format: Paperback 216 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780520069817 ISBN 10: 0520069811
- Sales rank: 761,568
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Full description for Polybius
As a young man, the historian Polybius was an active politician in the Achaean Confederacy of the second century B.C., and later, during his detention at Rome, became a close friend of some leading Roman families. His History is our most important source for the momentous half-century during which the Romans weathered the war with Hannibal and became masters of the Mediterranean world. F. W. Walbank describes the historical traditions within which Polybius wrote as well as his concept of history.
