The Histories, Volume I: Books 1-2

by Polybius

Hellenistic history.

The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 BC) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he was held hostage in Rome, where he became a friend of Lucius Aemilius Paulus and his two sons, especially Scipio Aemilianus, whose campaigns, including the destruction of Carthage, he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674996372
• ISBN13: 9780674996373
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.4" x 6.4"