The histories /
In his history, Polybius (c. 200-118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describes the rise of Rome, its destruction of Carthag...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
2010-2012.
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| Edition: | New edition / |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library
128, 137-138, 159-161. |
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| Online Access: | τ.1 τ.2 τ.3 τ.4 τ.5 τ.6 |
| Summary: | In his history, Polybius (c. 200-118 BCE) is centrally concerned with how and why Roman power spread. The main part of the work, a vital achievement despite the incomplete state in which all but the first five books of an original forty survive, describes the rise of Rome, its destruction of Carthage, and its eventual domination of the Greek world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή (6 τ.) |
| Bibliography: | Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήρια. |
