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The Histories of Polybius - Volume 1
Polybius
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43. But about this time some of the officers of highest rank in the mercenary army discussed among Attempted treason in Lilybaeum. themselves a project for surrendering the town to the Romans, being fully persuaded that the men under their command would obey their orders. They got out of the city at night, went to the enemy’s camp, and held a parley with the Roman commander on the subject. But Alexon the Achaean, who on a former occasion had saved Agrigentum from destruction when the mercenary troops of Syracuse made a plot to betray it, was on this occasion50 once more the first to detect this treason, and to report it to the general of the Carthaginians. The latter no sooner heard it than he at once summoned a meeting of those officers who were still in their quarters; and e. . . Read More
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Polybius blends the retelling of the events with his own philosophy about the nature and goals of historical study in addition to his ruminations about the future of Empire (which are pretty much spot on), which can make the text feel a bit uneven at times. That being said, the chapters concerning H
“A pretty face is better than recommendations,” that’s a quote from the book, and it’s a very Roman (or conquered Greek who thinks they are Roman) thing to say.
Old history books transcend the history they are writing about and always give the reader two things: (1) the history they are writing abou
Knocking out another of my yearly history picks from the library of my friend David. Though not quite as good as Herodotus, this one had some entertaining moments, especially when Polybius takes Timaeus to task, which he does frequently and with vigor. Some of the descriptions of troop deployment we
The Histories, on which Polybius’ reputation rests, consisted of 40 books, the last being indexes. Books I–V are extant.
Polybius’ original purpose was to narrate the history of the 53 years (220–168 bce)—from Hannibal’s Spanish campaign to the Battle of Pydna—during which Rome had made itself master
Hannibal, Scipio, The Punic Wars. Dramatic and interesting history with in depth character analysis and description of the time's political and military machinations
To herald the opening of the sixteenth century, from the little Venetian printing press came forth all the great authors of antiquity, each bearing on the title-page the words Ἅλδος ὁ Μανούτιος Ῥωμαῖος καὶ Φιλέλλην [Aldus Manutius, a Roman and a lover of Greece]; words which may serve to remind u