Polybius (eBook)

F. W. Walbank (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
216 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-34263-7 (ISBN)

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As a young man, the historian Polybius was an active politician in the Achaean Confederacy of the second century B.C., and later, during his detention at Rome, became a close friend of some leading Roman families. His History is our most important source for the momentous half-century during which the Romans weathered the war with Hannibal and became masters of the Mediterranean world. F. W. Walbank describes the historical traditions within which Polybius wrote as well as his concept of history.As a young man, the historian Polybius was an active politician in the Achaean Confederacy of the second century B.C., and later, during his detention at Rome, became a close friend of some leading Roman families. His History is our most important </DIV

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Sather Classical Lectures
• Reihe/Serie: Sather Classical Lectures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 2nd century bc • achaean confederacy • Ancient history • Ancient Rome • Ancient World • Carthage • European History • firsthand accounts • Geographical • greco roman history • Hannibal • historians • historical traditions • Historiography • Mediterranean world • Nonfiction • Political History • political theory • Polybius • polybius scholars • roman conquest • Roman History • roman patrons • Rome • rome scholars • social cultural • Social History • Statesmanship • Wars
• ISBN-10: 0-520-34263-1 / 0520342631
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-34263-7 / 9780520342637