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In this comprehensive history, Greek statesman Polybius (c.200-118 BC) outlines the key expansion stages of the Roman Empire.

Here is the first new translation for over thirty years of Polybius' Histories, the major source for our knowledge of the Eternal City's early rise to power, covering the years of the Second Punic War, the defeat of Hannibal, and Rome's pivotal victories in the Mediterranean... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We... Read Full Overview

Polybii Lycortae F. Megalopolitani Historiarum libri qui supersunt, a Latin edition of Polybius's surviving histories, offers a crucial window into the political and military events of the ancient world. Polybius, a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period, provides... Read Full Overview

The Histories of Greek-born, Roman historian Polybius (c.200-118 BCE) are reissued here in two volumes. Undertaken by the classicist Evelyn Shuckburgh (1843-1906), this first complete English translation (utilising F. Hultsch's 1867-72 Greek text) was published in 1889. A tutor,... Read Full Overview

Polybio es un historiador griego que escribi sobre la historia de Grecia y las Guerras P nicas. Su obra es un testimonio contempor neo de la historia de Roma y de su poca. Esta edici n en espa ol de la Imprenta Real de Madrid presenta la obra de Polybio en una traducci n... Read Full Overview

Polybe, historien grec du IIe si cle avant J.-C., relate les v nements qui ont marqu le monde m diterran en au IIIe si cle avant J.-C., en particulier la guerre entre Rome et Carthage. Cette oeuvre, qui allie pr cision et clart , est consid r e comme un mod le du genre historique... Read Full Overview

Polybe, historien grec du IIe si cle avant J.-C., relate les v nements qui ont marqu le monde m diterran en au IIIe si cle avant J.-C., en particulier la guerre entre Rome et Carthage. Cette oeuvre, qui allie pr cision et clart , est consid r e comme un mod le du genre historique... Read Full Overview

Polybio es un historiador griego que escribi sobre la historia de Grecia y las Guerras P nicas. Su obra es un testimonio contempor neo de la historia de Roma y de su poca. Esta edici n en espa ol de la Imprenta Real de Madrid presenta la obra de Polybio en una traducci n... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview