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POLYBIUS: THE HISTORIES, VOLUME VI, BOOKS 28-29 (LOEB By Polybius & W. R. Paton
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- ISBN-10
- 0674991788
- Publication Name
- Loeb Classical Library
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780674991781
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674991788
ISBN-13
9780674991781
eBay Product ID (ePID)
945924
Product Key Features
Original Language
Greek
Book Title
Histories
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Ancient & Classical, Europe / General
Publication Year
1927
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, History
Book Series
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
6.4 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Series Volume Number
161
Volume Number
Volume VI
Dewey Decimal
937.04
Table Of Content
The Histories Fragments of Book XXVIII Fragments of Book XXIX Fragments of Book XXX Fragments of Book XXXI Fragments of Book XXXII Fragments of Book XXXIII Fragments of Book XXXIV Fragments of Book XXXV Fragments of Book XXXVI Fragments of Book XXXVIII Fragments of Book XXXIX Index
Synopsis
In his history, Polybius (c. 200118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describes the rise of Rome, its destruction of Carthage, and its eventual domination of the Greek world., Polybius (born ca. 208 BCE) of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea), served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favouring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he was hostage in Rome where he became a friend of Aemilius Paulus and his two sons, and especially adopted Scipio Aemilianus whose campaigns he attended later. In late life he was trusted mediator between Greece and the Romans whom he admired; helped in the discussions which preceded the final war with Carthage; and, after 146, was entrusted by the Romans with details of administration in Greece. He died at the age of 82 after a fall from his horse. The main part of Polybius's history covers the years 264-146 BCE. It describes the rise of Rome to the destruction of Carthage and the domination of Greece by Rome. It is a great work, accurate, thoughtful, largely impartial, based on research, full of insight into customs, institutions, geography, causes of events and character of people; it is a vital achievement of first rate importance, despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five of the forty books have reached us. Polybius's overall theme is how and why the Romans spread their power as they did. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Polybius is in six volumes.
LC Classification Number
PA4391
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