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Polybius
F. W. Walbank
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Description for Polybius
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 68.
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 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520069817
SKU
V9780520069817
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About F. W. Walbank
F. W. Walbank is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool, and author of The Historical Commentary on Polybius.
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