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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.
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The Histories, Volume III (The Loeb Classical Library, No. 138)
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Polybius: The Histories, Volume III, Books 5-8 (Loeb Classical Library No. 138)
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The Histories, Volume III, Books 5-8 (Loeb Classical Library No. 138)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Heinemann / Loeb Classical Library, London, England, U.K. , 1923. First (1st) Printing (date of 1923 on title page) of the First Loeb Classical Library edition. Bilingual Edition with the Ancient Greek text on the left page and the English on the right page. Near Fine condition. No Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with gilt topstain, no markings of any kind, but the top corners of a few pages are wrinkled. The Binding is full green cloth, color unitform throughout, with bright gilt publisher's logo to the front board, gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked endpapers, lower corners square, upper corners square but lightly bumped. No Dust Jacket. See photos. 554 + ii pages. 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Books 5 through 8 of the Histories deal with the years 218 BCE and following, and discuss Pilip V of Macedon and the Social War in Greece for the years 218 - 217, the Second Punic War, wherein Hannibal invaded Italy in 218 BCE and its consequences, and the early years of the First Macedonian War (214 and 213 BCE), with Book VI being a digression to discuss the Roman structure of government with a comparison to the Athenian constitution. This is volume III of six volumes. ISBN 10: 0674991532 / ISBN 13: 9780674991538. Seller Inventory # 000992
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The Loeb Classical Library: Polybius: The Histories (Volume 3)
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