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Name: Polybius
Birth Date: c. 200 B.C.
Death Date: 118 B.C.
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male

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Biography of Polybios
583 words, approx. 2 pages
The Greek historian Polybios (ca. 203-120 BC) is considered by some the greatest ancient historian after Thucydides. His view of Roman history presumed to provide the reader with historical means for individual self-improvement. Polybios was born in...
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Biography of Polybius
2,718 words, approx. 9 pages
Polybius is the most trustworthy guide to one of the most momentous periods in Roman history. He also has had an immense impact on historiography. In the eighteenth century he was regarded as a prime source for the history of Federalism, and his theory...


Quotations
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Polybius Quotes
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Polybius [Πολυβιος] (c. 203 BC - 120 BC) was a Greek historian Sourced Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with fears to keep them in order. The...


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Polybius Information
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Polybius (ca. 203–120 BC, Roman Πολύβιος) was a Roman historian of the Mediterranean world famous for his book called The Histories or The Rise of the Roman Empire, covering in detail the period of 220–146 BC. He is also renowned for...


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Canadian Journal of History
Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories.(Book review)
03/22/2006: 900 words, approx. 3 pages
Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories, by Craige B. Champion. Hellenistic Culture and Society, number 61. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004. xv, 328 pp. $49.95 US (cloth). Polybius, Greek statesman and Roman captive who, in the second century BCE, wrote the first...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by F. W. Walbank
8,341 words, approx. 28 pages
A British Professor of ancient history and classical archeology, Walbank is the twentieth century's most noted authority on Polybius. In the following excerpt, Walbank provides an introduction to the life and works of Polybius, focusing in particular on his view of history and his use of the concept of Tyche (Fortune).
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Critical Essay by Michael Grant
8,162 words, approx. 27 pages
A highly respected British classical scholar, Grant has published numerous books on ancient history for the general public as well as many scholarly works. In the following excerpt, he traces Polybius's role in political and military events of his time and briefly reviews the strengths and weaknesses of his political thought.
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Critical Essay by Wesley E. Thompson
7,398 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following excerpt, Thompson examines ways in which the fragmentary state of the remains of Polybiu's Histories may have affected historians' views of his work.
 


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