Complete Histories of Polybius

Name: Complete Histories of Polybius
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ISBN: 9781420934236

ISBN-10: 1420934236

ISBN-13: 9781420934236

Edition: N/A

Authors: Polybius, W. R. Paton

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Written in the 2nd century by the Greek historian Polybius, "The Histories" is a multi-volume work detailing many of the events, people, and ideas of the Hellenistic Period. While his focus is the space of time in which ancient Rome became a world power from 220 to 167 BC, Polybius also discusses his role as a 'pragmatic historian', a discourse on fate (called tyche), and the superiority of the mixed constitution. Though all forty volumes have not survived to the present day, the complete books extant today cover the affairs of all the important nations of the time, including Egypt, Greece, and Spain, as well as the first and second Punic Wars. Polybius speaks at length on the government of…

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Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Weight: 2.068
Language: English