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ISBN
9780674996618
Book Title
Histories, Volume VI Vol. 6 : Books 28-39. Unattributed Fragments
Book Series
Loeb Classical Library
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Item Length
6.6 in
Edition
2
Publication Year
2012
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.4 in
Author
Polybius
Genre
Political Science, History
Topic
Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), History & Theory
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Width
4.6 in
Number of Pages
616 Pages

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674996615
ISBN-13
9780674996618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117289223

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Histories, Volume VI Vol. 6 : Books 28-39. Unattributed Fragments
Number of Pages
616 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Ancient / Rome, Ancient / Greece, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), History & Theory
Genre
Political Science, History
Author
Polybius
Book Series
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
6.6 in
Item Width
4.6 in

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LCCN
2009-937799
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Polybius found a brilliant subject for his history in the Roman drive to supremacy in the Mediterranean. As an experienced Greek politician who lived as a hostage among the elite in Rome from 167 to 159 BC, he was ideally positioned to write it. He had formidable organizational powers, and he really did know what he was talking about. Without him, our understanding of the whole period and of the dynamics of Roman imperialism would be inconceivably impoverished.
Series Volume Number
161
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Number of Volumes
6 vols.
Volume Number
Volume VI
Dewey Decimal
937.04
Synopsis
The historian Polybius (ca. 200-118 bce) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years. From 168 to 151 he was held hostage in Rome, where he became a friend of Scipio Aemilianus, whose campaigns, including the destruction of Carthage, he later attended. As a trusted mediator between Greece and the Romans, he helped in the discussions that preceded the final war with Carthage, and after 146 was entrusted by the Romans with the details of administration in Greece. Polybius's overall theme is how and why the Romans spread their power as they did. The main part of his history covers the years 264-146 bce, describing the rise of Rome, the destruction of Carthage, and the eventual domination of the Greek world. The Histories is a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five of its original forty books survive. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation, first published in 1922, has been thoroughly revised, the B ttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added, all reflecting the latest scholarship. The final volume adds a new edition of fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories ., 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 later attended. Late in his life he became a trusted mediator between Greece and the Romans; helped in the discussions that preceded the final war with Carthage; and after 146 was entrusted by the Romans with the details of administration in Greece. Polybius' overall theme is how and why the Romans spread their power as they did. The main part of his history covers the years 264-146 BC, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. It is a great work: accurate, thoughtful, largely impartial, based on research, and full of insight into customs, institutions, geography, the causes of events, and the character of peoples. It is a vital achievement of the first importance despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five of its original forty books have reached us. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation, first published in 1922, has been thoroughly revised, the Büttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added, all reflecting the latest scholarship. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Polybius is in six volumes., For this six-volume edition of The Histories , W. R. Paton's 1922 translation has been thoroughly revised, the Büttner-Wobst Greek text corrected, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. All but the first five of forty volumes survive in an incomplete state. Volume VI includes fragments unattributed to particular books of The Histories .
LC Classification Number
D58
Copyright Date
2012
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