SOURCE: In A Historical Commentary on Polybius, Vol. 1, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1957, pp. 1-37.
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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